Posted 2 months ago
Software Development Engineer, ECS
@ Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC is hiring a Software Development Engineer for Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Fargate, a managed container orchestration and serverless compute service. The role is a full-time position in Vancouver, BC, with a base salary of 114,800 to 191,800 CAD per year. It involves designing, building and operating scalable distributed systems, including on-call participation.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, deploy and own scalable, robust systems
- Participate in on-call and improve operational health
- Use data to guide decisions and validate assumptions
- Contribute to architecture and technology choices
- Develop project plans and deliver against them
Requirements summary:
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of design or architecture experience for systems
- Experience programming in at least one language
- Strong knowledge of distributed systems and Linux
- Preferred: 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience
- Preferred: bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
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Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
Source type not verified · amazon
- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-17
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-10
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-06
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 3+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Encouraged to apply | Veterans, People with disabilities |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Computer science |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Retirement plan, Performance bonus, Wellness |
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Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC
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Description
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is a fully managed container orchestration service that helps you easily deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications. The ECS team develops features that impact thousands of users and customers both internally and externally!
Amazon ECS is looking for a Software Development Engineer (SDE) to deliver our container orchestration service and accelerate adoption of containers in the cloud. This role includes responsibility for ECS and Fargate, our Serverless container compute offering. We are seeking an SDE with strong knowledge of distributed systems. You must enjoy working on complex software systems in a customer-centric environment and be passionate not only about building good software but also ensuring that the same software achieves its goals in operational reality.
A successful candidate will need a strong understanding of software development with Linux, and be comfortable analyzing large amounts of data from multiple sources within a distributed network.
- Create a first-class experience for our customers by keeping their needs at the center of your work.
- Solve difficult problems with elegant and practical code.
- Design, build, deploy, and own scalable and robust systems, taking well scoped requirements through to delivery.
- Help operate a public AWS service, including participating in on-call and improving operational health.
- Use data to guide your decisions and validate your assumptions.
- Contribute to architecture and technology choices for your features, and grow into a broader technical voice over time.
- Develop project plans and commitments, and deliver consistently against them.
To learn more about Amazon Elastic Container Service: https://aws.amazon.com/ecs
About the team
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future
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
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