Software Development Engineer NextGen Security Automation

At Amazon security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazons products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud devices retail entertainment healthcare operations and physical stores.

The NextGen Security Automation team is looking for a skilled and driven Software Development Engineer (SDE II) to build autonomous security solutions that protect Amazons customers. As an SDE II you will leverage AI/ML technologies to automate detection analysis and response across proactive offensive and defensive security at scale. Your work will directly enhance Amazons security posture by improving detection capabilities strengthening guardrails and advancing automated security tools.

Key job responsibilities
Design and develop AI/MLdriven security automation systems to detect and mitigate threats at scale.
Build and maintain scalable applications that enable realtime threat detection and response.
Collaborate with security teams to enhance existing security practices guardrails and tooling.
Develop automated detection systems integrated into Amazons security infrastructure.
Research and prototype new security solutions evaluating design approaches for technical feasibility.

A day in the life
Your day kicks off sipping your morning coffee while diving into the future of autonomous security at Amazon. Youre not just coding youre architecting intelligent systems that drive proactive offensive and defensive security at Amazon scale. Working alongside top security engineers and scientists youre building automated systems that will protect millions of customers across one of the worlds largest tech ecosystems. Every line of code you write helps safeguard Amazons vast digital landscape. Its a fastpaced environment where youll work with advanced technology to build security solutions that protect millions of Amazon customers.

About the team
The NextGen Security Automation team builds AIdriven security solutions that protect millions of Amazon customers while ensuring strong data governance. We thrive on innovation collaboration and solving complex security challenges at scale. DEI is central to our work we believe diverse perspectives drive stronger solutions. With a focus on automation and intelligence we push boundaries to keep Amazons customers and their data secure.

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security

At Amazon security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazons products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud devices retail entertainment healthcare operations and physical stores.

Work/Life Balance

We value worklife 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 theres nothing we cant achieve.

Inclusive Team Culture

In Amazon Security its in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas perspectives and voices.

Training and Career growth

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3 years of noninternship professional software development experience
2 years of noninternship 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
Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
Experience with Cloud services such as Lambda Bedrock and SageMaker
Experience building and integrating AI/MLdriven applications

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