Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS EventBridge

The Amazon EventBridge team is on a mission to transform the way developers architect build and deploy large scale event driven applications that are scalable and secure out of the box. Our goal is to make the development experience plumbing-free and let developers focus their time on bringing new ideas to life quickly and easily by removing the undifferentiated heavy lifting. We are in the process of building a set of new capabilities in Amazon Vancouver which will help us achieve this mission for AWS customers across the world.

We are looking for software development engineers that are passionate about creating application software that underpins the EventBridge system. On any given day we use Java GoLang Lambda DynamoDB and CloudFormation as well as other public AWS services and a host of Amazon-internal tools. We dont expect you to be an expert in or necessarily even be familiar with all of the technologies listed above but we do expect you to be excited to learn about them!

How do you know if you are a good fit for us You are fascinated by and want to innovate in distributed fault-tolerant systems that operate at scale. You love customers. When our customers ask for the next big feature you know this means youll be able to truly dig into the solution and get it done right. You love owning the project from idea to production delivering not only in the implementation but all phases from the kernel of an idea to quickly getting that battle-tested code in production. You enjoy collaborating with your teammates. You enjoy autonomy and strive to take on more accountabilities and master new skills.

About Us

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee- led affinity groups reaching 40000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings and host annual and ongoing learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazons culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives learn and be curious and earn trust.

Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on work-live balance. It isnt about how many hours you spend at home or at work; its about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

This position involves on-call responsibilities typically for one week every two months. We dont like getting paged in the middle of the night or on the weekend so we work to ensure that our systems are fault tolerant. When we do get paged we work together to resolve the root cause so that we dont get paged for the same issue twice.

Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures and were 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.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation disability age or other legally protected status. If you would like to request an accommodation please notify your Recruiter.

Key job responsibilities
A Sr. Software Engineer is a technical and operational leader in the EventBridge organization. They lead the design implementation and delivery of software in complex problem spaces durability (at least once event delivery) correctness (functional testing and simulation) availability (no gaps in event ingress or egress) and performance (scaling the service to accept 10-100x more events).

Hundreds of thousands of customers run critical production workloads on EventBridge. An SDE3 must communicate effectively with EventBridge product and engineering leadership to harmonize discordant views and build consensus. They are operational leaders who proactively identify scaling and availability cliffs and build plans to address them before they occur.

- 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team

- 5 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors 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 for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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 - 150700.00 - 251700.00 CAD annually