Software Development Engineer II, Payments Services

Amazon; Vancouver; On-site; USD 114,000 - 192,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global e-commerce company in Metro Vancouver is seeking a Software Developer with expertise in Java and Machine Learning to work on high scalability services. The role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining distributed software applications while collaborating effectively in a fast-paced environment. Candidates should have significant professional development experience and a related degree. The position offers competitive compensation and a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Regular innovation days to explore new ideas

Mentorship from experienced engineers

Friendly environment with weekly social events

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Define, design, and implement multi-tier distributed software applications.
• Estimate engineering effort and plan implementation.
• Design code and test major features independently.

Skills

Java

Machine Learning

Data Structures

Object Oriented Programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

DynamoDB

Redshift

Job description

Description

Are you looking to work on the team that owns one of the biggest hosting platforms in Amazon? Want to drive high scalability services that handle millions of requests per day and serve all Amazon customers? You are excited about working on services that constantly evolve to meet demands for new business initiatives, scaling and availability.

Join a team with a great agenda and exciting projects to apply and learn a broad range of skills. We are working on setting up entirely new services, moving existing ones to new levels, supporting new business cases and improving by applying Machine Learning. We work on projects that improve customer payment experience for all Amazon.

With us, you will shape the future of our services, grow your career and have a unique experience working on products that serve millions of customer right from day one. We are constantly evolving using latest technology to meet the bar of scalability and reliability. You will design flexible and scalable solutions, work on the most complex challenges in large-scale computing by utilizing your skills in data structures, algorithms, and object oriented programming.

What we provide

• Work with Java, DynamoDB, Redshift, Machine Learning and the whole range of AWS Services

• Opportunity to design flexible and scalable solutions

• Regular innovation days to explore new ideas and technologies

• Mentorship from highly experienced senior engineers and weekly 1:1s to drive your career

• A self-driven agile team setup

• A friendly environment with weekly social events

Key job responsibilities

• Define, design, and implement multi-tier distributed software applications.

• Estimate engineering effort, plan implementation, and roll-out system changes that meet requirements for functionality, performance, scalability, reliability, and adherence to development goals and principles.

• Independently design code and test major features, as well as work jointly with other team members to deliver complex changes.

• Collaborate effectively in a fast paced environment with multiple teams in a large organization (software development, QA, Project/Release Management, Build and Release, etc).

• Provide on-call production support for payment platform applications. (Note that we have a team to provides night time support)

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

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

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The base salary for this position ranges from $114,800/year up to $191,800/year. Salary is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.