Software Development Engineer II, S3 Routing and Blob Placement

Vancouver, BC
On-site
Posted Sep 30, 2026
1 position

$114,800–$191,800 / year

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Mid-level · 2+ years
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level

Job summary

Design, implement, deploy, and maintain software solutions that improve performance, cost, and availability for Amazon S3's storage request plane. Build reliable, scalable distributed systems, follow software engineering best practices, collaborate across teams, and mentor team members.

Job details

Description Managing trillions of objects in storage, retrieving them in milliseconds, building software that deploys to tens of thousands of hosts, designed for 99.999999999% durability. These are just a few of the numbers that give you a sense of the scale of the exciting problems you will find every day working on Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3). Amazon S3 provides a simple web services interface that can be used to store and retrieve any amount of data at any time, from anywhere on the web. It gives any developer access to the same highly scalable, reliable, secure, fast, inexpensive infrastructure that Amazon uses to run its own global network of web sites. Amazon S3 powers businesses across the globe that make the lives of consumers better daily. Whether its electronic content delivered to your home, technology that betters your remote working experience, allows you to plan travel to exotic places or simply get stuff delivered to your home. As a Software Development Engineer in S3, you get to deliver these capabilities and delight our customers through teams of talented engineers and leaders. We are looking for software engineers to lead innovation in our Amazon S3 storage request plane team and help us build the next generation of highly scaleable, fault tolerant services. We seek smart, passionate people to help us define this exciting new technology. Responsibilities Include Design, implementation, deployment and maintenance of innovative software solutions to deliver new features in performance, cost, high availability Use software engineering best practices to ensure the standard of quality of all team deliverables Build and implement high quality distributed system software. Work in an agile environment, prioritizing most important and impactful projects Collaborate and communicate in team settings Mentor team members as well as build relationships with business and technical leadership Our team puts high value on work/life balance. We recognize that the circumstances of our team members vary, and we balance work across the team so that we’re all able to maintain high standards on behalf of our customers, as well as allow for rich and happy personal lives. We maintain a regular on-call rotation across our teams with engineers and managers all taking part to resolve the inevitable issues that arise. We don't like getting paged outside of work hours so we work to ensure our systems are fault tolerant. When we do get paged we work together to resolve root cause so that we don't get paged for the same issue twice. Upon joining S3, every employee is paired with a peer buddy who will help you to quickly come up to speed in understanding the technology we’re building, the tools we use and the business problems we’re trying to solve. We hire exceptional people and we recognize the importance of coaching others. We have a formal mentor search application that lets you find a mentor that works best for you based on location, job family, and job level. Basic Qualifications 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 Preferred Qualifications 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 Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company, Amazon's package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), paid time off, and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status. CAN, BC, Vancouver - 114,800.00 - 191,800.00 CAD annually Company - Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC Job ID: A10384328

What you’ll do

Requirements

Candidates need at least three years of professional, non-internship software development experience and at least two years of experience designing or architecting new and existing systems. Experience programming in at least one language is required; three or more years across the full software development lifecycle and a bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent are preferred.