Software Development Engineer II, AWS IAM Identity Center

About the Role

The AWS Identity team builds the secure identity, access, and resource management foundation for customers to scale in the AWS Cloud. You will work on massively scalable core technologies used for authentication and authorization to all AWS services (such as Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, and Amazon DynamoDB). Our mission is to make it easier, safer, and more convenient for AWS customers to run their business workloads confidently and securely. We process large amounts of data and leverage large‑scale data analysis techniques such as machine learning and automated reasoning to help customers set appropriate access controls across all their AWS environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and deliver features end‑to‑end across the AWS IAM Identity Center service, from design through implementation, testing, and production deployment.
• Design and build scalable, highly available APIs serving millions of requests per day across all AWS regions.
• Drive technical decisions for your workstream, producing design documents, leading design reviews, and incorporating feedback from senior engineers.
• Identify and resolve operational bottlenecks, improve system reliability, and reduce undifferentiated heavy lifting through automation.
• Mentor junior SDEs and interns, provide code reviews, and raise the quality bar for the team.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with partner teams to deliver integrated customer experiences.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non‑internship design or architecture experience for new and existing systems.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

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The base salary range for this position is 114,800.00 – 191,800.00 CAD annually. 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.

Location: CAN, BC, Vancouver – Canada.

Company: Amazon Web Services Canada, Inc.