Colas – Mechanic (310T) – Aurora, ON

Company: Colas

Location: Aurora, ON

Expected salary:

Job date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 23:48:57 GMT

Job description: Subsidiary: Miller Paving LimitedLocation: Aurora, ONAbout UsThe Miller Group, a subsidiary of Colas Canada, is a Canadian leader in the construction and maintenance of transportation infrastructure since 1917.We provide exceptional customer service and operational support using our time-proven construction methods and innovative technologies, alongside the highest quality products and materials.We leverage our global network to foster positive relationships that make a lasting difference in the communities where we live and work. Whether it is making your commute more efficient, keeping our communities safe, or making remote areas more accessible, at Miller we are proud to Build Greatness in everything we do.Minimum Qualifications:

  • 310T Truck & Coach Technician license
  • Valid G license
  • Experience in repairing hydraulic and electrical systems
  • Possess own set of tools
  • Comfortable working outdoors in any season

Preferred Qualifications:

  • DZ license, an asset
  • Road side service experience
  • Experience with diagnostic software and electronic document/time keeping
  • Welding and fabrication experience
  • Valid Ozone Depletion Training

Day in the LifeYou will be the backbone of our fleet, responsible for servicing and maintaining all of our equipment, including light vehicles, heavy trucks and equipment, hydraulics, electrical and heavy power trains. Each day will be different as some service calls are off site or require emergency on-road repairs requiring you to diagnose and rectify the problem. Preventative and predictive maintenance will be important to stay on top of, as well as daily service documentation to ensure overall organization of the shop.Safety will always be your number one priority as you promote, lead, and execute a safety-first culture for all employees, sub-contractors, and consultants. Your opinion will be valued as you assist in decision making for any outside repairs to the equipment as well as support for overall general shop maintenance. You will be an essential part of our team ensuring our equipment runs smoothly and efficiently, like a well-oiled machine.CultureAt Miller, we want every employee to feel connected, where creativity and innovation thrive, and your contributions make a real impact. Our supportive and inclusive atmosphere encourages open communication, ensuring every team member feels heard and valued. With a commitment to flexibility, opportunities for professional development, and a shared passion for excellence, we are more than just colleagues – we are a community dedicated to Building Greatness together.If you are seeking a workplace that values employees, challenges you to reach new heights, and celebrates your achievements, Miller is the place for you. Build your career with us!Miller is proud to provide this unique career opportunity, we offer continuous learning, opportunity for growth, and a competitive compensation package. At our core; we are our people. We succeed because we respect our people and invest in their development, safety and well-being. Miller is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that diversity and inclusion are key attributes to building greatness. Miller’s core values of Integrity and Community welcomes everyone, at work and in the community, and our value of Accountability, means that we own our actions, our decisions and our results. As a Miller employee, this will ultimately be your commitment to our inclusive culture.We will contact candidates selected for an interview. Accommodation for applications with disabilities will be made during the recruitment process when requested.

Amazon – Sr Software Dev Engineer, Aurora Control Plane – Toronto, ON

Company: Amazon

Location: Toronto, ON

Expected salary:

Job date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 23:57:05 GMT

Job description: DESCRIPTIONAmazon Aurora is a cloud-native relational database which combines the scalability and performance of the best NoSQL databases paired with full compatibility to the most popular relational open source databases – MySQL and PostgreSQL. Amazon Aurora can store terabytes of customer data and can handle peaks of millions of queries per second.We build the Amazon Aurora control plane that:

  • Reliably manages a large fleet of databases for our customers freeing them from traditional database operations
  • Guarantees best-in-class availability and failover capabilities to sustain the world’s most demanding workloads
  • Orchestrates and automates the complete lifecycle of a database cluster from creation to operation to scale-out and fail-over
  • Has the unique opportunity to integrate closely with our engine and storage layers to build an end-to-end solution that is easy-to-use and at the same time fulfills the demanding requirements of an enterprise-grade solution

Key job responsibilities
You read until here, great, our team would like you to help us build the future of this service together. As a senior engineer in our team, you will collaborate together to tackle interesting engineering problems in distributed systems at a large scale. You will have the opportunity to influence and own design and delivery of service features end to end: requirements gathering, design, design reviews, implementations, code reviews, incremental feature launches, operations, writing about it and driving continuous improvement.
You have the opportunity to lead groups of other engineers and collaborate across teams. You will exercise your curiosity, collaborate with diverse teams of smart individuals and get a ton of learning opportunities from senior and principal engineers.We would love to have you as a mentor and inspiration for our younger and less experienced team members. Finally, we hope you will enjoy seeing how the things you build will delight our customers and help them become successful, as much as we do.You don’t need you to be an expert in databases or distributed systems as you will have a chance to learn with your team. We are attracted to engineers who love what they do and are passionate about their work. We appreciate curiosity and craftsmanship over knowledge in certain frameworks. Our technologies include:

  • Java and Rust
  • RESTful microservices
  • A lot of AWS stack – EC2, EBS, VPC, Route53, DynamoDB, CDK and Infrastructure as code etc. We eat our own dogfood all the time! Where can you learn AWS technologies better than at AWS itself?
  • Ruby/Python for infrastructure components and services

About the team
Mentorship & Career Growth
We recognize new team members need time to ramp-up and feel fully comfortable within the team. You will have a launch buddy, an engineer who will help you navigate through this processes offering you help and mentorship.Work/Life Balance
We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal life.Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS– 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
– 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
– 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
– Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering teamPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS– 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
– Master’s degree in computer science or equivalent
– 2+ years of experience building scalable distributed systems with service oriented architectures
– Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
– A deep understanding of software engineering practices, object oriented analysis & design, design patterns and algorithms
– Experience with distributed databases and/or storage systems,
– Demonstrated strong technical judgment in conjunction with passionate customer-focus
– Excellent verbal and written communication skillsAmazon 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 for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Colas – Mechanic (310T) – Aurora, ON

Company: Colas

Location: Aurora, ON

Expected salary:

Job date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 23:26:06 GMT

Job description: Subsidiary: Miller Paving LimitedLocation: Aurora, ONAbout UsThe Miller Group, a subsidiary of Colas Canada, is a Canadian leader in the construction and maintenance of transportation infrastructure since 1917.We provide exceptional customer service and operational support using our time-proven construction methods and innovative technologies, alongside the highest quality products and materials.We leverage our global network to foster positive relationships that make a lasting difference in the communities where we live and work. Whether it is making your commute more efficient, keeping our communities safe, or making remote areas more accessible, at Miller we are proud to Build Greatness in everything we do.Minimum Qualifications:

  • 310T Truck & Coach Technician license
  • Valid G license
  • Experience in repairing hydraulic and electrical systems
  • Possess own set of tools
  • Comfortable working outdoors in any season

Preferred Qualifications:

  • DZ license, an asset
  • Road side service experience
  • Experience with diagnostic software and electronic document/time keeping
  • Welding and fabrication experience
  • Valid Ozone Depletion Training

Day in the LifeYou will be the backbone of our fleet, responsible for servicing and maintaining all of our equipment, including light vehicles, heavy trucks and equipment, hydraulics, electrical and heavy power trains. Each day will be different as some service calls are off site or require emergency on-road repairs requiring you to diagnose and rectify the problem. Preventative and predictive maintenance will be important to stay on top of, as well as daily service documentation to ensure overall organization of the shop.Safety will always be your number one priority as you promote, lead, and execute a safety-first culture for all employees, sub-contractors, and consultants. Your opinion will be valued as you assist in decision making for any outside repairs to the equipment as well as support for overall general shop maintenance. You will be an essential part of our team ensuring our equipment runs smoothly and efficiently, like a well-oiled machine.CultureAt Miller, we want every employee to feel connected, where creativity and innovation thrive, and your contributions make a real impact. Our supportive and inclusive atmosphere encourages open communication, ensuring every team member feels heard and valued. With a commitment to flexibility, opportunities for professional development, and a shared passion for excellence, we are more than just colleagues – we are a community dedicated to Building Greatness together.If you are seeking a workplace that values employees, challenges you to reach new heights, and celebrates your achievements, Miller is the place for you. Build your career with us!Miller is proud to provide this unique career opportunity, we offer continuous learning, opportunity for growth, and a competitive compensation package. At our core; we are our people. We succeed because we respect our people and invest in their development, safety and well-being. Miller is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that diversity and inclusion are key attributes to building greatness. Miller’s core values of Integrity and Community welcomes everyone, at work and in the community, and our value of Accountability, means that we own our actions, our decisions and our results. As a Miller employee, this will ultimately be your commitment to our inclusive culture.We will contact candidates selected for an interview. Accommodation for applications with disabilities will be made during the recruitment process when requested.

Amazon – Software Development Engineer II, AWS Aurora – Toronto, ON

Company: Amazon

Location: Toronto, ON

Expected salary:

Job date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:17:02 GMT

Job description: DESCRIPTIONLooking to be part of a team building hyper-scale database services in the cloud? Do you want to revolutionize the way people manage vast volumes of data in the cloud where you have direct and immediate impact on hundreds of thousands of users who use AWS database services?Aurora is a distributed, fault-tolerant database service, leveraging a self-healing storage system which performs up to five times faster than standard MySQL databases and three times faster than standard PostgreSQL databases.Aurora is one of the fastest-growing AWS services, with business and engineering decisions having a widespread impact across many of the world’s fastest growing businesses! Our customers depend on the performance of our services to scale and support their mission-critical workloads.
As an Engineer in the team you will design and implement major database components to allow Amazon Aurora to scale and perform for the growing customer demands under the project of Aurora Global Database.We are looking for Software Development Engineers who have built a lot of software – shipped products and created control planes, tools and modules. You should be passionate about optimizing the software development experience at a very large scale, using your strong technical skills and motivation to achieve results. You are naturally enthusiastic about learning new technologies and industry trends and are excited by the idea of solving hard technical challenges. You are empathetic and curious, and will help us amplify the positive & inclusive team culture we are building.Key job responsibilities
Delivering software features and improvements to major portions of your team’s software.
Working with customers, stakeholders, and peers in order to understand and deliver the right solutions.
Designing software solutions to enable new features or improve existing ones.
Operational work to solve customer problems and enhance your team’s operations.
Contribute to the full software development lifecycle, including scoping, design, code, code reviews, testing, deployment and maintenance of the team’s software.About the team
We recognize new team members need time to ramp-up and feel fully comfortable within the team. You will have a launch buddy, an engineer who will help you navigate through this processes offering you help and mentorship.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 languagePREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS– 5+ 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
– Experience building large-scale distributed systems and cloud servicesAmazon 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 for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Amazon – Software Development Engineer II, AWS Aurora – Toronto, ON

Company: Amazon

Location: Toronto, ON

Expected salary:

Job date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 08:48:11 GMT

Job description: DESCRIPTIONLooking to be part of a team building hyper-scale database services in the cloud? Do you want to revolutionize the way people manage vast volumes of data in the cloud where you have direct and immediate impact on hundreds of thousands of users who use AWS database services?Aurora is a distributed, fault-tolerant database service, leveraging a self-healing storage system which performs up to five times faster than standard MySQL databases and three times faster than standard PostgreSQL databases.Aurora is one of the fastest-growing AWS services, with business and engineering decisions having a widespread impact across many of the world’s fastest growing businesses! Our customers depend on the performance of our services to scale and support their mission-critical workloads.
As an Engineer in the team you will design and implement major database components to allow Amazon Aurora to scale and perform for the growing customer demands under the project of Aurora Global Database.We are looking for Software Development Engineers who have built a lot of software – shipped products and created control planes, tools and modules. You should be passionate about optimizing the software development experience at a very large scale, using your strong technical skills and motivation to achieve results. You are naturally enthusiastic about learning new technologies and industry trends and are excited by the idea of solving hard technical challenges. You are empathetic and curious, and will help us amplify the positive & inclusive team culture we are building.Key job responsibilities
Delivering software features and improvements to major portions of your team’s software.
Working with customers, stakeholders, and peers in order to understand and deliver the right solutions.
Designing software solutions to enable new features or improve existing ones.
Operational work to solve customer problems and enhance your team’s operations.
Contribute to the full software development lifecycle, including scoping, design, code, code reviews, testing, deployment and maintenance of the team’s software.About the team
We recognize new team members need time to ramp-up and feel fully comfortable within the team. You will have a launch buddy, an engineer who will help you navigate through this processes offering you help and mentorship.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 languagePREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS– 5+ 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
– Experience building large-scale distributed systems and cloud servicesAmazon 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 for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Aurora Cannabis – Site Accountant – Hybrid – Bradford, ON

Company: Aurora Cannabis

Location: Bradford, ON

Expected salary:

Job date: Sat, 01 Feb 2025 03:26:31 GMT

Job description: Site Accountant
Division: Finance and Accounting
Job Location: Bradford, Ontario
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday
Employment type: Full-time permanent in a hybrid work settingAbout Us
We’re a global cannabis company with operations across Europe and North and South America. We’re driven by our passion to help people improve their lives and have a diverse team who bring their best every day, so Aurora can be the cannabis provider of choice for patients and consumers. We love our work, and we especially love our high quality, innovative brands that make up the Aurora family – from Aurora, Aurora Drift, San Rafael ’71, Greybeard and Whistler.Our people combined with our collective passion for the industry is what makes Aurora a special place to work and defines what we call our “A-Team”. We are a high-performing team of cannabis experts, innovators, and champions, that work, learn and win together. We think BIG, act BOLD and execute with PURPOSE in all that we do, and will stop at nothing to cultivate the ultimate cannabis experience for our community.Job SummaryWe’re seeking a dynamic team member to join our Operations Finance team as a SITE ACCOUNTANT. In this role, you will report to the Regional Site Controller and help with the financial function for our Ontario facilities, including Markham, Jarvis, and Bradford. You will be crucial in supporting operational decision-making through financial analysis and reporting. This position involves analyzing operational data, identifying trends, and providing insights to optimize efficiencies and drive financial performance within the organization.As the Site Accountant, you will be responsible for…

  • Prepare and analyze operations metrics and KPIs monthly and help present them to stakeholders, including but not limited to:
  • Budget to actual cost variance analysis,
  • Historical trend & variance analysis,
  • Assisting in the supply chain financial budget & forecast (cultivation and production facilities), including OPEX and headcount budgeting.
  • Provide monthly variance reporting to budget owners to monitor and evaluate performance against strategic initiatives.
  • Assisting in preparation of monthly operational finance reviews
  • Take ownership of ensuring appropriate accounting coding has been applied to the correct budget owners to communicate appropriate management reporting.
  • Perform inventory reconciliation
  • Prepare monthly reports to Health Canada and the CRA

Accountabilities:

  • Accurate and insightful financial analysis contributing to operational decision-making.
  • Timely and accurate reporting of operational financial data.
  • Conduct monthly reviews of GL accounts, accruals and reclassifications
  • Effective collaboration with operational teams to drive financial performance improvements.
  • Supporting the operations team as needed

Knowledge and Skills:

  • Understanding of financial principles, accounting, and operational processes.
  • Knowledge in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting techniques.
  • Advanced Excel skills are essential, including proficiency in formulas/functions, creating charts, pivot tables, and Power Query, as well as familiarity with financial modeling
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with attention to detail.
  • Good communication and presentation skills for conveying complex data to non-financial stakeholders.
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment and collaborate across departments.

As an experienced professional you will have…

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
  • 3+ years of relevant experience in financial analysis or operations finance roles.
  • A CPA, CFA is a preferred qualification
  • Experience working with operational teams or within an operations-focused environment is advantageous.
  • Proficiency in financial software and ERP systems.
  • Strong analytical skills and experience in data interpretation.
  • Proficiency with all MS Office products including Excel

You’re the ideal candidate because…

  • You possess strong Excel skills including proficiency in Power Query
  • You have exceptional communication skills with the ability to deliver persuasive presentations on complex topics to increase buy-in
  • You have creative problem-solving skills with the aptitude to make decisions quickly in fast-paced environments
  • You have robust analytical skills with the ability to transform complex sets of data into practical solutions that drive business value

Why you’ll love working at Aurora

  • Flexibility: you will enjoy a flexible work environment that is the perfect blend of work and fun! You will be empowered to achieve work-life balance with flexible hours, remote work options, meeting-free-Friday-afternoons and more!
  • Total Rewards: we will motivate you to go above and beyond with a competitive salary, professional development opportunities, company SWAG, team activities and modern technology.
  • Team: we are a diverse and global team of cannabis enthusiasts, energetic innovators, fitness gurus, caring parents, foodies and more, with a collective passion to nurture an inclusive environment that helps you grow and provide people better days with cannabis.

Next steps
Apply today by submitting your resume through our website. You can expect your application to be reviewed by our Talent Acquisition Team and we will contact you if we see a fit via email.Think you’re the ideal candidate but you don’t meet all the requirements? Apply anyways. We would love to review your application to see if you’re the right fit or find you an alternative opportunity. Not the role for you? Share this posting with your network while subscribing to our to learn more about upcoming opportunities (hot tip: if you are an Aurora employee, take advantage of the employee referral program by sharing this posting with someone in your network! If they are the successful candidate, you may be eligible for a bonus!).Diversity and inclusion
At Aurora, we are proud to foster and celebrate a diverse community of professionals! We take pride in nurturing an inclusive culture that empowers our people to be their authentic selves, celebrate their differences and love where they work.Our diverse community combined with our inclusive culture, is what sets us apart in the industry and equips our A-Team with superpowers – and this is why, we encourage all candidates to apply for job opportunities regardless of race, national origin, colour, religion, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital and family status, disability, or any other identifying characteristic. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site or alternate format of job posting) during the recruitment and selection process, please do not hesitate to let our team know!#LI-REMOTE#LI-MC1

HireGrow Staffing – Remote – Customer Service Sales – Aurora, ON – Aurora, ON

Company: HireGrow Staffing

Location: Aurora, ON

Expected salary: $55000 – 70000 per year

Job date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 08:30:39 GMT

Job description: Overview:We are a rapidly growing company actively searching for dedicated and driven individuals from across North America & Canada to join us as life insurance benefits advisors in providing outstanding customer service and support to our client base.You will work remotely to serve clients and offer valuable advice and protection to individuals and their families.This full-time position offers flexible work hours and ample opportunities for advancement into management roles.What We Offer:

  • Remote, work from home career.
  • Average 1st yr $55-70K / Avg 2nd yr $115K commission + bonuses.
  • Life-long residual income through renewals.
  • Unionized position with stock options.
  • Excellent benefits package medical, dental, and prescription coverage.
  • Exceptional training with experienced agents and managers.
  • High-quality leads provided: no calling family or friends.
  • Flexible hours: this is a fulltime career, but you can choose when you work.
  • Opportunities for advancement and recognition as we promote from within.
  • Dynamic Team Environment: Our virtual workplace thrives on a vibrant team atmosphere While this position is remote, you will have lots of support.

Qualities We Value:

  • Willingness to learn and be coached as we provide comprehensive training.
  • Outgoing and Friendly Personality: a positive and approachable demeanor.
  • A strong desire to help others: provide valuable advice and services.
  • Effective Communication Skills: your ability to connect with others is crucial.
  • Sales or customer service experience is advantageous but not mandatory.

Your Qualifications:

  • Laptop or computer with camera is required.
  • Possession of, or willingness to obtain an LLQP license.
  • Basic computer literacy is essential.
  • Must reside in North America.

Your Job Responsibilities:

  • Contact the leads we provide to schedule virtual meetings with clients.
  • Present benefit programs to enroll new clients and cultivate relationships with them.
  • Collaborate with your manager to define clear objectives and goals, then achieve them through dedicated effort and determination.

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Amazon – Software Development Engineer II, Aurora Control Plane – Toronto, ON

Company: Amazon

Location: Toronto, ON

Expected salary:

Job date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:19:43 GMT

Job description: DESCRIPTIONLooking to be part of a team building hyper-scale database services in the cloud? Do you want to revolutionize the way people manage vast volumes of data in the cloud where you have direct and immediate impact on hundreds of thousands of users who use AWS database services?Aurora is a distributed, fault-tolerant database service, leveraging a self-healing storage system which performs up to five times faster than standard MySQL databases and three times faster than standard PostgreSQL databases.Aurora is one of the fastest-growing AWS services, with business and engineering decisions having a widespread impact across many of the world’s fastest growing businesses! Our customers depend on the performance of our services to scale and support their mission-critical workloads.
As an Engineer in the team you will design and implement major database components to allow Amazon Aurora to scale and perform for the growing customer demands under the project of Aurora Global Database.We are looking for Software Development Engineers who have built a lot of software – shipped products and created control planes, tools and modules. You should be passionate about optimizing the software development experience at a very large scale, using your strong technical skills and motivation to achieve results. You are naturally enthusiastic about learning new technologies and industry trends and are excited by the idea of solving hard technical challenges. You are empathetic and curious, and will help us amplify the positive & inclusive team culture we are building.Key job responsibilities
Delivering software features and improvements to major portions of your team’s software.
Working with customers, stakeholders, and peers in order to understand and deliver the right solutions.
Designing software solutions to enable new features or improve existing ones.
Operational work to solve customer problems and enhance your team’s operations.
Contribute to the full software development lifecycle, including scoping, design, code, code reviews, testing, deployment and maintenance of the team’s software.About the team
We recognize new team members need time to ramp-up and feel fully comfortable within the team. You will have a launch buddy, an engineer who will help you navigate through this processes offering you help and mentorship.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 languagePREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS– 5+ 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
– Experience building large-scale distributed systems and cloud servicesAmazon 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 for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Amazon – Software Development Engineer, RDS Aurora PostgreSQL – Toronto, ON

Company: Amazon

Location: Toronto, ON

Expected salary:

Job date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 04:14:26 GMT

Job description: DESCRIPTIONAre you interested in building hyper-scale database services in the cloud? Do you want to revolutionize the way databases are built for the cloud ? Do you want to have direct and immediate impact on hundreds of thousands of users who use AWS database services?Amazon Aurora is an exciting area of innovation for AWS, and the PostgreSQL-compatible edition of Amazon Aurora is built on one of the most active code bases in the open source community. The Postgres-compatible version of Amazon Aurora is a relational database which offers enterprise-class performance, availability and durability to our customers, along with the management benefits of RDS. We are one of the fastest growing businesses within Amazon Web Services. We are currently spread across Seattle, Toronto and Bangalore.If you’re a developer who is looking to grow, come on board! We have one of the most senior teams in AWS – and our senior developers are eager to brainstorm, mentor, and get software built together. We build software, we patent new things, and we attend conferences around the world to learn even more. We have challenging problems to solve in distributed systems, concurrency, database internals, caching, query optimization and languages.Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Engine team is looking for experienced technical experts in relational databases and large scale storage system technologies, who are excited about building large scale database systems that run across thousands of servers across multiple data-centers worldwide. These are core systems development positions where you will own the design and development of significant system software components critical to our industry leading database services architected for the cloud. You will be part of the team that architects, designs, and implements highly scalable distributed database systems that provide availability, reliability and performance guarantees. This is a hands on position where you will be asked to do everything from building rock-solid components to mentoring other developers. You need to not only be a top software developer and systems designer with a good track record of delivering and also excel in communication, leadership and customer focus. A successful candidate will bring deep technical and software expertise and ability to deliver a service that has a broad business impact.We intend to be the world’s best and fastest database, built by an excellent team, all while having fun – come join us on the journey! For more information about Aurora, please visit http://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora.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 languagePREFERRED 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 equivalentAmazon 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 for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Amazon – Sr. Software Dev Engineer, Aurora Control Plane, AWS Aurora – Toronto, ON

Company: Amazon

Location: Toronto, ON

Expected salary:

Job date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 03:22:39 GMT

Job description: DESCRIPTIONLooking to be part of a team building hyper-scale database services in the cloud? Do you want to revolutionize the way people manage vast volumes of data in the cloud where you have direct and immediate impact on hundreds of thousands of users who use AWS database services?Aurora is a distributed, fault-tolerant database service, leveraging a self-healing storage system which performs up to five times faster than standard MySQL databases and three times faster than standard PostgreSQL databases.Aurora is one of the fastest-growing AWS services, with business and engineering decisions having a widespread impact across many of the world’s fastest growing businesses! Our customers depend on the performance of our services to scale and support their mission-critical workloads.
As an Engineer in the team you will design and implement major database components to allow Amazon Aurora to scale and perform for the growing customer demands under the project of Aurora Global Database.We are looking for Software Development Engineers who have built a lot of software – shipped products and created control planes, tools and modules. You should be passionate about optimizing the software development experience at a very large scale, using your strong technical skills and motivation to achieve results. You are naturally enthusiastic about learning new technologies and industry trends and are excited by the idea of solving hard technical challenges. You are empathetic and curious, and will help us amplify the positive & inclusive team culture we are building.Key job responsibilitiesDelivering software features and improvements to major portions of your team’s software.
Working with customers, stakeholders, and peers in order to understand and deliver the right solutions.
Designing software solutions to enable new features or improve existing ones.
Operational work to solve customer problems and enhance your team’s operations.
Contribute to the full software development lifecycle, including scoping, design, code, code reviews, testing, deployment and maintenance of the team’s software.About UsWe recognize new team members need time to ramp-up and feel fully comfortable within the team. You will have a launch buddy, an engineer who will help you navigate through this processes offering you help and mentorship.We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal life.A day in the life
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS– 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
– 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
– 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
– Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
– Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalentPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS– A deep understanding of software engineering practices, object oriented analysis & design, design patterns, data structures and algorithms
– A deep understanding of security by design development, as well as security best practices at every step of the development cycle
– A passion troubleshooting and defining system vulnerabilities
– Ability to write clean, object-oriented, well-structured and maintainable code
– Experience successfully delivering complex systems to customers
– Experience building distributed databases, storage systems or cloud services
– Excellent verbal and written communication skillsAmazon 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 for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.