Software Development Engineer AWS Cryptography, AWS Encryption at Rest

Are you passionate about contributing to open source Are you excited at the prospect of keeping millions of customers data safe Do you want to help secure web services by implementing cryptography at scale Security is the #1 concern of customers moving to the cloud and the AWS Cryptography organization is dedicated to providing the security features our customers need. We enable customers to confidently move sensitive workloads to the cloud where they can benefit from strong security controls that help meet internal and external compliance requirements.

AWS Encryption at Rest team helps AWS customers protect their sensitive data inside and outside of the cloud by building and maintaining easy to use secure open source encryption tools and libraries. We are looking for an experienced software developer with an interest in practical cryptography to join us in building the most secure and user-friendly tools available to help our customers protect their data and accelerate use of cryptography in all AWS services.

You should have experience designing scalable customer-centric systems and a passion for delivering secure software solutions. Along with senior leaders principal engineers and security specialists you will own delivering and supporting cryptographic tools and libraries used by internal and external customers around the world.

Key job responsibilities
- Owning the complete software development lifecycle; defining prioritizing designing testing and implementing new features for AWS Cryptography
- Architecting and driving the end-to-end framework that enables internal teams to integrate seamlessly with encryption libraries.
- Delivering foundational libraries for one of the most secure and reliable services in all of AWS

A day in the life
We own open source libraries which means that we work out of GitHub we respond to issues public issues and communicate with external customers regularly.

- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- Bachelors degree or equivalent
- Knowledge of system performance memory management and parallel computing principles
- Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle including coding standards software architectures code reviews source control management continuous deployments testing and operational excellence

- 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
- Knowledge of Linux fundamentals
- Experience with development in a distributed systems environment
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Rust Python Java C C or C# including object-oriented design

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Seattle - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually