Sr. Software Development Engineer - AWS Identity Store, AWS Identity Store - Virtual Location Canada
Amazon23 hours ago
Vancouver, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and operate distributed systems and services at AWS scale with high availability, low latency, and security.
- Provide technical leadership across the AWS IAM Identity Center stack and drive architectural coherence across services and teams.
- Own technical designs, author design documents, lead technical reviews, and drive implementation of complex cross-cutting features.
- Write high-quality, well-tested, production-ready code and establish engineering excellence standards.
- Resolve complex technical challenges spanning service boundaries through root cause analysis and long-term solutions.
- Mentor and develop engineers through code reviews, design guidance, and technical leadership.
- Collaborate with product managers, principal engineers, and partner teams to define roadmaps and deliver customer-facing features.
- Participate in on-call rotations, improve operational tooling, and reduce operational burden through automation.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- At least 5 years of programming experience with at least one software programming language.
- At least 5 years of leading design or architecture for new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team leader.
- Preferred: at least 5 years of full software development lifecycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
- Preferred: bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, vision, prescription, and basic life and AD&D insurance.
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP).
- Paid time off and other health and well-being resources.
- Virtual position located in Canada; base salary is listed in Canadian dollars and paid annually.
About Amazon
Amazon builds and operates a global e-commerce marketplace, logistics network, and consumer devices, and provides cloud computing via AWS for businesses and developers. The company earns revenue from online retail, third‑party seller services, subscriptions like Prime, advertising, and AWS usage. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, it is publicly traded on NASDAQ (AMZN) and serves customers in dozens of countries.