Join the External Tokenization team within Global Payments Tech (GPTech), where we're securing every transaction across Amazon's global ecosystem. We enable Amazon's payment success by providing platforms for network tokenization, real-time card lifecycle management, and issuer data enrichment. Our technology spans large-scale distributed systems integrating with Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover to replace sensitive card data with secure network tokens and dynamic cryptograms. We also enable Agentic Payments through tokenization.
We're an agile team collaborating with card networks and internal partners to build features that improve authorization rates and reduce payment declines for hundreds of millions of customers. We value ownership, technical depth, and customer obsession while pioneering payment security at scale. If you think big and want to make a global impact, we'd love to connect!
We build systems that process payments at an unprecedented scale, with accuracy, speed, and mission-critical availability. We innovate to improve customer experience across the globe, with support for currency choice, in-store payments, pay on delivery, credit and debit payments, seller disbursements, gift cards, and many new exciting and challenging ideas are in the work
Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring innovative products and services to market.
- Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry.
- Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed.
- Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use.
- Design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.
- Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.
A day in the life
You will design, build, and improve backend services for Amazon's payment methods platform. Working with engineers and product partners, you'll write code, review designs, and evolve plugin-based workflows that enable consistent payment experiences across Amazon businesses.
You'll participate in design and code reviews, refine system architecture with senior engineer guidance, and join operational rotations to monitor service health and resolve production issues. Your work will support services managing hundreds of payment methods and millions of daily customer interactions, enabling Amazon to launch new payment capabilities.
About the team
The External Tokenization team facilitates secure payment processing WW. We manage the complete token lifecycle — provisioning, cryptogram generation, and real-time card updates. Our platform provides network tokens, card art, and issuer metadata to Amazon's wallet, directly improving purchase success and customer trust at checkout. The Global Payments Tech processes millions of transactions every day across numerous countries and payment methods. Over 100 million customers and merchants send tens of billions of dollars moving at light-speed through our systems annually. Come challenge yourself in our team-oriented atmosphere, and watch yourself grow with one of the fastest growing areas of the Amazon e-commerce services platform.
- 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
- 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
