Software Dev Engineer II – Amazon – Vancouver, BC

Amazon’s Selection and Catalog Systems (ASCS) team in Vancouver, BC is looking for a Software Development Engineer II to join the Offers Platform — one of the most traffic-intensive systems in the entire Amazon ecosystem. If you’re drawn to engineering problems that have no textbook solutions and want to work at a scale that most engineers never encounter, this role is worth your attention.

The Offers Platform sits at the heart of every Amazon Stores experience worldwide. It responds to billions of requests per day from thousands of internal clients — everything from the main website to Kindle, Amazon Alexa, Groceries, and emerging generative AI initiatives. With requests handled within a few milliseconds at P99, this team pushes the boundaries of what distributed systems can do.

About the Role: Software Dev Engineer II, Offers Platform

As a Software Dev Engineer II on the Offers Platform, you’ll be building and operating the systems that serve billions of product and buyability records — including availability data and pricing — across Amazon’s global store network. You’ll work on a distributed, high-performance, high-availability NoSQL data storage system with an inbuilt micro-service computing environment. This is engineering at the very edge of what’s possible in e-commerce infrastructure.

You’ll be expected to take full ownership of software services, contribute to system design and architecture, and collaborate with a team of engineers who are customer-focused and performance-driven. The role demands both technical depth in distributed systems and a genuine commitment to operational excellence — ensuring the software doesn’t just work in theory, but delivers in production reality.

Benefits and Salary

The base salary range for this position in Vancouver, BC is $114,800 to $191,800 CAD annually. Amazon’s total compensation package may also include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs), with final compensation based on experience, qualifications, and location. Benefits include comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life and AD&D), a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), paid time off, and additional resources to support health and well-being.

Responsibilities

Working within the Offers Platform, your day-to-day work centres on building and maintaining systems that power Amazon’s global catalog at an extraordinary scale. You’ll be involved in everything from hands-on development to architectural decisions, with a clear focus on reliability, performance, and customer impact.

• Design and build scalable distributed systems and web services that serve billions of requests daily across Amazon’s global store network
• Own and operate software services end-to-end, from development through to production performance and operational health
• Architect solutions using design patterns focused on reliability, scalability, and high availability in a NoSQL data storage environment
• Collaborate with internal clients across thousands of teams, ensuring product and offering data is accurate and performant at millisecond latency
• Innovate continuously on problems without existing textbook solutions, contributing to the bleeding edge of e-commerce catalog infrastructure
• Support emerging initiatives in agentic and generative AI, integrating Offers Platform capabilities with next-generation Amazon experiences
• Participate in code reviews, maintain coding standards, and contribute to build processes, testing, and operational practices

Requirements / Skills

This role is suited to engineers who thrive under complexity and have a proven track record of building systems that perform at scale. Amazon values candidates who are customer-centric, analytically sharp, and take genuine pride in the operational reality of their software — not just its design.

• 3+ years of professional software development experience outside of internship roles
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience involving design patterns, reliability, and scaling of new and existing systems
• Proficiency in at least one software programming language used in production environments
• Strong understanding of Internet protocols and experience implementing services at scale
• Distributed systems and web services expertise — design and implementation experience is essential
• 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience (preferred), including source control management, code reviews, build processes, and testing
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent (preferred)

How to Apply

To apply, use the official Amazon job posting link below. Make sure your resume is current and tailored to highlight your distributed systems and software architecture experience before submitting.

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