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Software Development Engineer, Tax Engine

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada💼 Full-time💰 $114,800–$191,800🗓 2026-09-08 → 2026-09-25

Core

Build and operate mission-critical, highly scalable distributed systems for global tax calculation (sales tax and VAT) for Amazon's physical and digital sales.

Role type

Senior Software Development Engineer (Backend Systems)

Builds

Core tax calculation services and audit record storage systems

Domain

E-commerce / Global Tax Compliance / Distributed Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Java, Linux, AWS, system design, reliability engineering, scaling, testing, operations

Preferred skills

Full SDLC experience, code reviews, source control management, build processes

Technologies

Java, Linux, AWS

Responsibilities

Design, develop, document, test, and operate complex software systems under high loads; ensure correct tax calculations and safe audit record storage; manage hundreds of millions of records and millions of requests per minute

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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