Software Development Engineer, Efficiency & Performance

Salary: $77,000 - 105,000 per year Requirements: We expect at least 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience. We expect at least 2 years of non-internship experience in design or architecture, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling for new and existing systems. We require hands-on programming experience in at least one software language. We value 3+ years of full software development lifecycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations. A bachelors degree in computer science or an equivalent background is preferred. Responsibilities: We solve performance and efficiency challenges that appear at scale. We define metrics and evaluate the performance and cost efficiency of services across our ecosystem. We partner with service teams to uncover inefficiencies and design and implement improvements. We build highly available components and profiling tools. We collaborate with service and infrastructure teams across Amazon to identify and remove bottlenecks in large-scale distributed systems. We design and develop mechanisms to measure, analyze, and automate performance gains. We use data to establish and drive company-wide efficiency goals. We work closely with Principal and Distinguished Engineers to advance our technical depth and leadership growth. Technologies: AI AWS Cloud Support More: We are Amazons Alloy team, our central efficiency organization focused on company-wide cost optimization through intelligent and automated use of AWS resources. Our work supports thousands of internal services and spans GPU efficiency infrastructure for AI/ML workloads, centralized scheduling, software performance profiling, and end-to-end storage optimization through data lifecycle management. This role offers exposure to some of Amazons most advanced systems, with meaningful impact on operational excellence, sustainability, and measurable cost savings. We offer comprehensive benefits, including health insurance, retirement savings plans, paid time off, and other wellbeing resources. This position is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with a listed base salary of CAD 114,800 annually. last updated 37 week of 2026