Software Development Engineer AWS Security

At Amazon Web Services Security is job zero. Our team is responsible for inventing new services that enable and power security solutions at a massive scale. We are looking for a Software Development Engineer II (SDE2 to help innovate and build new services from the ground up that will make security easier to manage for AWS product teams. Our team is building a comprehensive security management platform that helps internal customers improve their security state by surfacing security findings and recommending remediation with a seamless customer experience. You will work in an agile team to deliver solutions that will enable AWS product teams to securely deliver the worlds largest cloud platform. Come build with us!

We are looking for a SDE who is excited about engineering services and systems at scale. This role requires a deep understanding of distributed systems as well as how to handle data at scale. In this role you will be responsible for the architecture design and implementation of highly scalable distributed product that provides availability scalability and latency guarantees. In addition you will raise the standards of the organization by mentoring junior engineers interviewing and upleveling the coding standards. This is a highly visible program across AWS where you will have the opportunity to have a huge impact. Strong verbal and written communication skills being proactive ad selfdriven and deliver high quality results in a fastpaced environment will drive success.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Arlington Va; Herndon Va.


Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
Innovate daily on existing processes and technology.
Design build and test large scale distributed systems to support security use cases.
Maintain a high operational bar and implement best practices.
Prepare and present detailed written technical information for internal and external audiences.
Demonstrate exceptional judgment integrity and communication skills.
Lead engineers partner teams and stakeholders indirectly to deliver results for customer obsessed products.



A day in the life
You build solutions to meet the customers goals by innovating or integrating with various security tools data pipelines and analytic products. You work in a team of diverse engineers solving security problems at the scale of Amazon. You partner with peer builder teams to invent and simplify novel solutions processing billions of data points into actionable click button services to support operational security teams. You share innovations with customers and move quickly building the next innovation in a series of constantly improving environment and revel knowing you helped make Amazon Security the best in the world.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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.

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 & Career Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledgesharing training and other careeradvancing resources here to help you develop into a betterrounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value worklife harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve.

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

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