Software Development Engineer II (SDE II) – Amazon – Vancouver, BC
Location: Vancouver, BC | Company: Amazon
Are you passionate about enabling millions of customers to buy anything, anywhere, anytime? Join our eCommerce Services team as an SDE II, where you’ll dive into large-scale distributed systems and orchestrate the retail ordering workflow end-to-end. You’ll own your services in production, design scalable solutions, and tackle complex challenges that impact hundreds of millions of customers globally.
As an Amazon SDE II, you’ll work across the full software lifecycle—design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations—using your expertise in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming. Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, and fellow engineers to drive innovation and keep our platform ready for future growth.
About the role: Software Development Engineer II
In this role, you will design and build flexible, reliable systems that power Amazon’s ordering platform. You’ll tackle abstract, high-scale problems, write clean, maintainable code in Java, C++, or Python, and participate in design reviews and code refactoring to ensure long-term system health.
You will also mentor junior engineers, establish coding and testing standards, and contribute to architectural decisions that shape the future of our global eCommerce infrastructure.
Benefits and Salary
- Base Salary: $114,800 – $191,800 CAD per year
- Equity Awards and performance-based bonuses
- Comprehensive benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance
- 401(k)/RRSP matching and financial wellness programs
- Paid Time Off, parental leave, and flexible scheduling
- Professional development: mentorship, training reimbursements, and conferences
Job Details
📌 Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
📍 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
💰 Salary Range: $114,800 – $191,800 CAD/year
Requirements / Skills
- 3+ years of professional software development experience
- 2+ years of system design or architecture experience (reliability & scaling)
- Proficiency in at least one language (Java, C++, or Python)
- Experience across the full SDLC: coding standards, reviews, build processes, testing, and operations
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
How to Apply
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Job Summary & Tips for Applying
This SDE II role is perfect for engineers who thrive on end-to-end ownership of large-scale systems and enjoy solving complex distributed challenges. Highlight projects where you designed for reliability and performance under heavy loads.
Emphasize your proficiency in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design, and share examples of how you improved system health through code reviews and automated testing. Demonstrate your ability to guide junior engineers and drive architectural vision.
When applying, showcase your impact on customer-facing services—reduced latency, increased throughput, or improved fault tolerance—and your passion for continuous learning and collaboration in a fast-paced environment.