Amazon Software Development Engineer 

Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver 

558552674

Key job responsibilities
* In this position, you will play a major role in the architecture, design, implementation and deployment of large-scale and complex services.* You will push your design and architecture limits by inventing and simplifying complex problems.* You have strong verbal and written communication skills, are self-driven, and can deliver high quality results in a fast-paced environment.* You will work with Amazon engineering and business teams across the globe in planning, designing, executing and implementing new services.* Partner directly with other Sr. Software Development Engineers (SDEs), Principal Engineers, Technical Program Managers, Product Managers and Customers to understand features and continuously identify opportunities to build and deploy software solutionsA day in the life
* Strong sense of ownership, and time to market* Excellent written and verbal communication* Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project* Strong communication to describe product features and technical designs* Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations* Experience influencing software engineering best practices within your team* Experience mentoring junior software engineers to improve their skills* Able to work in a diverse team* Experience guidance from Sr. SDEs and Principal Engineers and opportunity to influence them for continuous growth.

- 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

- 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