Software Development Engineer, Personalization, Amazon Buy Again

Take Earths most customer-centric company. Mix in hundreds of millions of shoppers spending tens of billions of dollars annually an exciting opportunity to build next-generation shopping experiences Amazons tremendous computational resources and our extensive e-Commerce experience. What do you get The most exciting Recommendations/Personalization position in the industry.

Are you passionate about working on disruptive ideas Are you obsessed with finding and building the most innovative and customer-friendly user experiences Have you built and launched new experiences that impact shoppers all around the world This is a unique opportunity that combines the ability to build exciting new user experiences for Amazons customers with the opportunity to work with Big Data Machine Learning and other advanced techniques such as LLMs to provide the best personalized experience for hundreds of millions of Amazons customers.

About you:
You are a software engineer with an interest in modern user interfaces data science machine learning search or recommendation systems. You have great problem solving skills. You love keeping abreast of the latest technology and use it to help you innovate. You have strong leadership qualities great judgment clear communication skills and a track record of delivering great products. You enjoy working hard having fun and making history!

About our organization:
Amazons Personalization organization is a small high-performing group that leverages Amazons expertise in machine learning big data and distributed systems to deliver the best shopping experiences for our customers. We work full stack from foundational backend systems to future-forward user interfaces. Our teams culture is centered on rapid prototyping rigorous experimentation and data-driven decision-making. We run hundreds of experiments each year and our work has revolutionized e-commerce with features such as Customers Who Bought Also Bought and Recommended for You. We care deeply about our customers as well as the well-being and growth of our team members. Amazons internal surveys regularly recognize us as one of the best engineering organizations to work for in the company with visible high-impact work low operational load respectful work-life balance and continual opportunity to learn and grow. We are proud of this track record and will continue to uphold. We are looking for creative and innovative leaders with a similar penchant for deeply-technical problem solving and the ability to lead mentor and deliver while upholding Amazons leadership principles.

- 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 including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Masters degree in computer science or equivalent
- Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle including coding standards software architectures code reviews source control management continuous deployments testing and operational excellence
- Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company Amazons 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 - 114800.00 - 191800.00 CAD annually