Software Development Engineer, AFT Sortation Material Flow

  • Amazon
  • Toronto, Ontario
  • Full Time

Do you ever wonder how the packages show up at your door when you ordered from Amazon?Amazon's global fulfillment business is one of the largest and most complex operations in the world. Our technologically advanced warehouses are at the center. They form the invisible back half of Amazon that magically turns your click of a button into a product at your door. Amazon Sortation Technologies are a key part of that solution, enabling the flow of inventory into and out of warehouses and the consolidation of items for a shipment.

Are you ready for a challenge? Would you like to use your engineering or computer science background to optimize and solve complex problem's in Amazon Fulfillment Technologies? Are you interested in building algorithms that predict the state of downstream systems and make decisions in real-time? As a Software Development Engineer, you will be responsible to develop our next generation of systems, work that includes managing sorters and workcells scaling our systems to handle hundreds of thousands of concurrent transactions. The candidate in this role will have an opportunity to own design and development of distributed systems on AWS platform. You will influence system design and implementation to ensure the best user experience for maximum adoption. You will contribute to a wide range of projects in a highly collaborative and fast-paced environment. You will become part of a world-class engineering team solving challenging problems at scale.

A commitment to teamwork, hustle, and strong communication skills are absolute requirements. Creating reliable, scalable, and high-performance services and architectures require exceptional technical expertise. If you have that type of expertise, you enjoy working on complex system software, you are customer centric, and you are motivated about building systems that can be operated at global scale with minimal human intervention, then we want to talk to you!

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 youre passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

About the team
Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) powers Amazons 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 world so Amazon customers can get what they want, when they want it.

Outbound Flow
AFTs Outbound Flow team pairs data science with innovative technologies to optimize throughput within every Amazon fulfillment center. We deliver smiles for Amazon customers with safe, sustainable, cost-effective, on-time package deliveries.

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 for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Job ID: 479932652
Originally Posted on: 6/5/2025

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