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Software Development Engineer, Amazon Publishing Foundation

Passionate about books and reading? Books have a long history at Amazon; we reinvented reading with Kindle and today enable reading across a multitude of surfaces and content types. The Books Content Demand team helps readers find books and authors through relevant content, search results and recommendations, and innovative shopping experiences. We set audacious goals and look for people who can transform the way we engage with readers and help them find their next book. As a Software Development Engineer, you will provide both strategic and tactical oversight to build a best in class offering for our authors.

Key Responsibilities

- Solve ambiguous business problems and map them to elegant technical solutions
- Use object oriented concepts, algorithms and data structures to build systems at Amazon scale
- Design, launch, and re architect multi tier systems with large amounts of data
- Quickly adapt to a fast paced development environment with bias towards simple and extensible code

About the Team

The team owns the foundational framework and services involved in end to end publishing of books from initial negotiation to paying royalties. The primary goal is to provide the best experience to authors in publishing books with Amazon. The foundational systems improve the quality and efficiency of publishing books. Team technical ownership areas include resilient distributed systems, generative AI agentic workflows, secure customer facing applications and data warehousing solutions.



The team balances delivery of advanced new solutions with continuous improvement of existing software.

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

Compensation

CAN, ON, Toronto - $114,800.00 to $191,800.00 CAD annually. The base salary range for this position is listed above; a total compensation package may include sign on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs) and is determined based on experience, qualifications and location.

Equal Employment Prospect Statement

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 you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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📌 Software Development Engineer, Amazon Publishing Foundation (Toronto)
🏢 Amazon
📍 Toronto