com customers everyday? The Intelligent Cloud Hosting (ICON) team is looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer who is passionate to work on the development of innovative software products which will help boost engineers productivity in Amazon and improving services' posture towards security, availability, efficiency, compliance and maintainability. The team builds systems that apply generative AI and agentic architectures to automate infrastructure operations at scale. As a Senior Software Development Engineer in the ICON team, you will be working on the development of next generation managed hosting platform technologies. You will lead the design, implementation, and successful delivery of large-scale services that apply generative AI to automate infrastructure operations. You will be influencing your team's technical and business strategy by making insightful contributions to team priorities and approach. You will work side-by-side and collaborate with strategic technical stakeholders and customers to develop new products that meet the needs of the Amazon e-Commerce platform. You will design and build systems that use generative AI and agentic architectures to solve complex operational problems at scale. You will partner with multiple teams to come up with novel ways to make our retail website more secure and available for Amazon customers. The right candidate will possess proven software engineering skills, with the experience of creating and launching large scale distributed systems with the help of a team. Experience building production systems that integrate generative AI into real-world workflows is strongly valued. You are data-driven and analytical. You can clearly and effectively communicate (written as well as verbally) across organizations and up to senior leadership.



You need to be creative, responsible, and able to dig deep into AWS emerging technologies including Bedrock, Step Functions, and generative AI services. You will need to learn existing systems and design integrated systems that combine distributed computing with generative AI to automate operational decisions. You will think about business opportunities, operational issues, architectural improvements, and the customer perspective in the course of a single conversation. You have a deep mastery of programming languages, distributed system design, and performance, and you bring curiosity about applying generative AI to solve real problems at scale. As a Senior Software Development Engineer on this team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the definition, vision, design, roadmap and development of innovative software products which will help boost engineers productivity in Amazon, for improving services’ posture towards security, availability, efficiency, compliance and maintainability. Work with the team to help drive business decisions Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain creative software solutions to drive services optimizations, cost, and security. Use software engineering best practices to ensure a high standard of quality for all of the team deliverables Write high quality distributed system software Work in an agile, startup‑like development environment,



where you are always working on the most significant stuff. The ICON team hosts Amazon websites and backend platform services that power the customer experience. The ICON team is located within the Intelligent Control (ICC) organization who owns connecting our worldwide websites and other consumer experiences such as Kindle, Amazon Video, and Alexa to the internet, as well as ensuring the highest level of availability, security and privacy of the web services that power the experience we deliver to our customers worldwide. 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience ~5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience ~Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team 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 for more information. 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). 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. Amazon is an equal oppo

📌 Software Development Engineer III, Intelligent Cloud Hosting (Vancouver)
🏢 Amazon
📍 Vancouver