Software Development Engineer Control Plane; Level 5

Do you want to be part of a team that builds hyper‑scaler database services in the cloud? Are you interested in revolutionizing the way people manage vast volumes of data in the cloud, impacting hundreds of thousands of users who use AWS database services?

Amazon Aurora is a distributed, fault‑tolerant database service built with a self‑healing storage system. It offers unparalleled high-performance and availability at a global scale with full MySQL and Postgre

SQL compatibility, at 1/10th the cost of commercial databases. Aurora provides 5× the throughput of MySQL and 3× of Postgre

SQL.

We are one of the fastest‑growing AWS services. Our business and engineering decisions have a widespread impact across some of the world’s largest and fastest‑growing businesses. Customers depend on the performance, stability and availability of our service to scale and support their mission‑critical workloads.

As an SDE II on the Aurora Open‑Source Control Plane team, you will design and implement software components and enhance existing components to help us continuously improve and evolve to meet the growing demands of our customers.

You have experience implementing scalable, fault‑tolerant and resilient systems and tooling. You have strong technical skills, are motivated and results‑oriented, and are passionate about engineering robust systems. You maintain high standards with your coding, design and documentation, and you have a continuous learning and growth mindset. You enjoy investigating and solving complex technical problems. You have excellent verbal and written communication skills and write technical documents.

You are empathetic, curious, and help amplify a positive and inclusive team culture.

Our team values work‑life balance. Most days our entire team is co‑located in the Vancouver offices, but we support occasional remote work if needed.

We pay close attention to onboarding and support for new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, fostering knowledge sharing and mentorship. Project assignments are planned according to each team member’s development plan, enabling them to progress on their career paths and take on more complex projects.

• Delivering software features and improvements to major portions of the team’s software.
• Working with customers, stakeholders, and peers to understand and deliver the right solutions.
• Designing software solutions to enable new features or improve existing ones.
• Performing operational work to solve customer problems and enhance the team’s operations.
• Contributing to the full software development lifecycle, including scoping, design, code, code reviews, testing, deployment and maintenance of the team’s software.

• 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.

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• 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 (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). 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 -  -  CAD annually