Software Development Engineer II

Amazon; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 114,000 - 192,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company located in Vancouver is seeking experienced engineers to join their Consumer Payments organization. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of software development experience, proficiency in Java, and a passion for building scalable systems. Responsibilities include developing features, enhancing legacy systems, and collaborating with various teams. The position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Health insurance

Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Paid time off

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of experience in design or architecture of systems.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Responsibilities

• Invent new features and develop distributed services.
• Work using agile methodology.
• Take ownership throughout the software life cycle.
• Improve scalability of legacy systems.
• Collaborate with teams across Gift Card and Retail.

Skills

Java

Distributed systems

Scalability

Agile methodology

SOA design patterns

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Overview

The Amazon Consumer Payments organization has several positions available for creative and independent engineers with a passion for scalable, high-performance services to define and build Amazon's stored value systems. We offer the Internet's premier gift card, and we are continuing to grow and expand our business with innovative stored value products. In addition to building to high-performance services to serve our growing customers, we are equally interested in bringing more joy and less friction to the gifting experience. As a member of the Amazon Consumer Payments team, you will invent new features, develop distributed services, and build a massively scalable, rock-solid platform solution using object-oriented Java on various UNIX-flavored platforms. We are a fast-paced environment, using agile methodology and lightweight SOA design patterns. We encourage innovation and expect developers to take a high level of ownership throughout the software life cycle. We minimize the more bureaucratic aspects of agile and focus on giving developers time to develop.

We are looking to improve the Amazon customer\'s gift card experience by greatly improving the scalability of our legacy systems. There are numerous opportunities to redesign existing architectures and become an owner of a critical service for the payment products team. We are embracing the latest technologies to help ensure our platform can continue to grow.

If you are a strong developer with experience and interest in high-volume websites, distributed systems and databases, performance and scalability, we\'d like to talk to you. The Gift Card\'s team presents a great deal of interesting challenges. We vend products to corporate customers and amazon retail shopper alike. This broad interaction with a variety of teams gives GC developers a great opportunity to grow quickly within Amazon and learn a great deal about Retail.

Responsibilities

• Invent new features, develop distributed services, and build a massively scalable, rock-solid platform solution using object-oriented Java on UNIX-flavored platforms.
• Work in a fast-paced environment using agile methodology and lightweight SOA design patterns.
• Take ownership throughout the software life cycle and minimize bureaucratic aspects of agile to give developers time to develop.
• Improve the scalability of legacy systems and redesign existing architectures as an owner of a critical service for the payment products team.
• Embrace latest technologies to help ensure the platform can continue to grow.
• Collaborate with teams across Gift Card and Retail to grow and learn within Amazon.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications
• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor\'s degree in computer science or equivalent

Legal and Company Information

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you\'re applying in isn\'t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Compensation and Benefits

The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company, Amazon\'s package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), paid time off, and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.

CAN, BC, Vancouver - 114,800.00 - 191,800.00 CAD annually