Software Development Engineer II Proactive Security Builder Experience PSBX

Come join a creative team of Software Developers and Security Engineers dedicated to the security of Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing environment for all of AWS customers. Since 2006 our team has been enabling our customers to bring great ideas to life in ways that arent possible in traditional IT environments. With AWS you can flexibly harness compute storage security and other services from across the globe as your business demands them.

Each day hundreds of thousands of developers make billions of transactions worldwide on our cloud. They harness the power of Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enable innovative applications websites and businesses. The AWS Security team owns security for all of these services offered by AWS including EC2 S3 Lambda and more than 150 others. As a Software Development Engineer you will help us design and build tools that keeps AWS secure. Our team deals with immense quantities of resources across huge distributed systems pushing the envelope on scale and advanced analytical techniques to find and mitigate security threats. This is a high visibility team that addresses important security challenges in AWS. You will engage with other teams across AWS to help secure their products.

While you may not be a security expert just yet in this role youll develop a broad and deep understanding of the overall AWS security posture. Your work will impact all employees within AWS and help us shape the future direction of automatic security tools in AWS.

The Proactive Security Builder Experience (PSBX) organization within AWS Security is looking for a talented Software Development Engineer to join the API Security Testing and Automation team. PSBX owns and builds largescale automated detection services that ensure the security of all our services. This is a highly visible role within a highly visible program at AWS and is one which provides significant opportunity to make a big impact and deliver secure solutions for our customers.

Key job responsibilities
Build services that solve complex ambiguous problems at the scale of the AWS cloud
Design and develop highly scalable systems for detecting security issues in software and triggering campaigns to drive remediation of security problems
Rapidly prototype and incubate new security features and solutions
Work closely with other internal development teams across various AWS services to coordinate security improvements
Deliver high quality solutions in a hypergrowth environment where priorities shift
Learn about emerging security threats and implement systems to protect AWS from them

A day in the life
Youll whiteboard solutions with senior engineers and code features and services endtoend.

About the team
About Amazon Security

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
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Work/Life Balance
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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

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223600/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.