Software Development Engineer III Devices Services Security

The Amazon Devices and Services team designs and engineers highprofile devices and consumer experiences including the bestselling Kindle family of products offerings such as Amazon Photos and innovative devices like Amazon Echo Fire tablets Amazon Fire TV Echo Show Echo Spot. How will you help us build software tooling to secure customer experiences and data

Amazon Devices & Services Trust and Security is looking for a strong software development engineer to design develop test troubleshoot triage debug deploy maintain document and deliver largescale highly distributed innovative solutions for securing web applications and services that enable amazing customer experiences on Amazon devices at scale. You will own the design of major security tooling infrastructure define development roadmaps own key deliverables and have opportunities to build them from scratch. You will lead and mentor other talented engineers. You will be responsible for building the best customer experience keeping latency security and usability in mind. You will interact with Product Managers and Designers and convert their vision into a technical solution. You will collaborate with other Software Engineers to guide the team on development best practices and set examples by using them in solutions that you build. This is a high visibility and fastpaced environment where you will make a direct impact on the customer experience and the bottom line of the company. We have ambitious goals to build high impact tooling and to delight our customers with a great product.


Key job responsibilities
Highlevel responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:
* Gather and analyze business and functional requirements and translate business requirements into technical design specifications.
* Write highquality efficient testable code and recommend improvements in development maintenance and system standards and contribute to software documentation.
* Be responsible for technical problem solving meeting product objectives and developing best practices
* Track and report on metrics which are key performance indicators allowing performance improvements so that the desired outcomes are achieved to plan and in a timely manner
* Serve as an essential technical resource in the full development cycle.
* Mentor junior team members in career growth
* Work in an agile development environment.


7 years of noninternship professional software development experience
7 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

5 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
Masters degree in computer science or equivalent
Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.