DevOps Engineer, AFT

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It is still Day 1! Come and be a part of Amazon's incredible growth story! Are you inspired by invention? Is problem-solving through teamwork in your DNA? Do you like the idea of seeing how your work impacts the bigger picture? Answer yes to any of these, and you'll fit right in here at Amazon's Fulfillment Technology & Robotics (FTR) organization. We are a smart team of doers who work passionately to apply advances in innovative technology to solve real-world challenges that will transform our customers' experiences in ways we can't even imagine yet.

Amazon's Fulfillment Technology (AFT) team is responsible for building and maintaining world-class Warehouse Management Systems that help fulfill millions of orders every day! We're seeking a talented engineer who is a technology generalist, thrives in dynamic environments, and is passionate about solving complex, ambiguous challenges.

Key job responsibilities
As a DevOps Engineer, you'll play a crucial role in enhancing the availability, resiliency, and security of our WMS (Warehouse Management Systems). You'll collaborate with over 100 core engineering teams across multiple locations, developing automation for recurring manual infrastructure-related tasks, software upgrades, AWS region creation/migration, automation, and infrastructure using Python, Java, and AWS Cloud technologies (including Lambda, Fargate, ECS, DynamoDB, SNS, SQS, S3, and EventBridge). Responsibilities include troubleshooting, diagnosing, and fixing production software issues; developing monitoring solutions; performing software maintenance and configuration; tracking and resolving technical challenges; and building and developing tools to automate manual business and operational processes. Your responsibilities will include continuous improvement of the systems and pipelines that power FTR's products and features, as well as building scalable solutions to ensure services and systems meet our high standards for operational excellence.

The ideal candidate should be detail-oriented, have superior verbal and written communication skills, and possess strong organizational skills with the ability to juggle multiple tasks at once. They must be able to work independently and maintain professionalism under pressure. The candidate should be able to identify problems before they happen and implement solutions that detect and prevent outages. They must have the ability to accurately prioritize projects, make sound judgments, work to improve the customer experience, and get the right things done.

A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. RRSP Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

About the team
Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) powers Amazon’s global fulfillment network. We invent and deliver software, hardware, and data science solutions that orchestrate processes, robots, machines, and people. We harmonize the physical and virtual inventory so Amazon customers can get what they want, when they want it.

Platform Engineering and Services
AFT’s Platform Engineering & Services team leverages data, process improvement, and innovative technologies to provide comprehensive engineering excellence services/solutions across AFT’s product portfolios.

Basic qualifications

- 1+ years of software development, or 1+ years of technical support experience
- Experience scripting in modern program languages
- Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems

Preferred qualifications

- Knowledge of web services, distributed systems, and web application development
- Experience troubleshooting & maintaining hardware & software RAID
- Experience scripting in one or more language (e.g. Bash, Python, Perl, Ruby)

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.

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 https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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). 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, ON, Toronto - 57,400.00 - 95,900.00 CAD annually

How we score this

DevOps Engineer, AFT at Amazon scores 32 out of 100 on AI centrality, which makes it AI Level 1 of 4 (Little AI) on this board. The level measures how much of the work is AI, not seniority.

Classification

AI Level 1. The work itself involves no AI, or AI only appears as scenery, such as a company tagline.