2 days ago
Vancouver, CanadaMid Level
Responsibilities
- Design and build the next-generation in-memory database engine for sub-millisecond latency and millions of operations per second.
- Develop distributed in-memory storage systems in C/C++ and extend Valkey with durability, replication, and advanced data structures.
- Build and optimize transaction logging, snapshotting, and replication protocols for Multi-AZ data protection.
- Implement vector search, full-text search, active-active replication, and conflict resolution capabilities.
- Optimize memory allocators, I/O paths, concurrency, throughput, and latency at the systems level.
- Write, review, debug, and profile production-quality engine code, including analysis of crash dumps and memory corruption.
- Collaborate with Valkey contributors, internal partner teams, and product teams to deliver performant engine capabilities.
- Mentor engineers, contribute to design and architecture reviews, participate in on-call rotations, and improve reliability and diagnostic tooling.
- Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables with autonomy and accountability.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- At least 2 years of experience with design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- At least 1 year of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
- At least 1 year of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded, or distributed software applications using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
- At least 1 year of object-oriented design experience.
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
- Preferred: at least 3 years covering the full software development life cycle, 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, 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.
- Mentorship, knowledge-sharing, learning experiences, affinity groups, and career-advancing resources.
- Work-life flexibility and a culture focused on work-life harmony.
- Position is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with a listed annual base salary range.
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.