Software Development Engineer II, Prime Tech - RAPIDX

Amazon is hiring a Software Development Engineer II, Prime Tech - RAPIDX in Vancouver, Canada. It pays CAD 115k-CAD 192k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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Software Development Engineer II needed to build scalable backend services and personalized onboarding experiences for Amazon Prime.

JavaDistributed Systems

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Build the technology that welcomes millions of new Amazon Prime members and helps them discover and enjoy everything their membership offers. We are looking for a Software Development Engineer who wants to solve large-scale distributed systems problems with direct, measurable impact on customers.

Prime is one of the world's largest subscription programs, and the experiences a member has in their first days shape whether they stay for years. Our team owns the services that greet new members and guide them to the benefits that matter most to them, across web, mobile app, and email, in countries around the world.

As an engineer on the team, you will design, build, and operate backend services that deliver personalized onboarding experiences at high scale and low latency. You will own your services end to end, from design through production, and work closely with product managers, designers, and applied scientists to launch experiments and turn ideas into features members use every day.

Key job responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate scalable, low-latency backend services that power personalized member experiences
- Improve the performance, reliability, and cost efficiency of systems that handle very high request volumes
- Partner with product, design, and science to launch and experiment with new onboarding experiences across multiple countries
- Write well-tested, maintainable code and raise the engineering bar through design and code reviews
- Own the operational health of your services and continuously improve it

You will love this role if you enjoy hard technical problems, care deeply about customer experience, and want to see your work reach production and real members quickly.

Note: The team is based out of Seattle, so you will be operating at a separate hub from your other teammates.

Key job responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate scalable, low-latency backend services that power personalized member experiences
- Own your services end to end - design, implementation, deployment, and day-to-day operations
- Improve the performance, reliability, and cost efficiency of systems that handle very high request volumes
- Partner with product, design, and science to launch and run experiments across multiple countries
- Write well-tested, maintainable code and raise the engineering bar through design and code reviews
- Take ambiguous problems and turn them into simple, durable solutions

A day in the life
No two days look the same, but most blend deep work with collaboration. You might start by checking the health of your services and the results of a live experiment, then move into designing a new feature with a product manager and designer. You'll write and review code, dig into a performance or reliability question, and pair with other engineers to unblock a launch. Because we ship and experiment often, you'll regularly see a change you made reach real members and watch the data come back to tell you whether it worked.

About the team
We're the team behind the first experiences new Amazon Prime members have. Our mission is simple: help every new member quickly find and get value from the benefits that made them join, so Prime becomes something they can't imagine living without. We work across many countries and surfaces, we're driven by experiments and real customer data, and we care as much about how something feels for a member as how it performs under load. We value ownership, curiosity, and people who make the engineers around them better.

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

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 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, BC, Vancouver - 114,800.00 - 191,800.00 CAD annually

How we rate this

Software Development Engineer II, Prime Tech - RAPIDX at Amazon rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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Key facts

Software Development Engineer II, Prime Tech - RAPIDX is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is CAD 115k-CAD 192k a year.
The role is based in CA, BC, Vancouver.
The job was posted on September 24, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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