Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Security Data Engineering

If you thrive in a fast-paced innovative environment and are interested in pushing the boundaries of whats possible with big data cloud computing and security analytics Amazon Security Platform Engineering is the place for you. We support a suite of services and products to ingest optimize and query petabyte scale datasets efficiently and enable critical security use cases such as incident response security analytics threat-hunting and low-latency detection.

Successful candidates for this position will possess:

Strong software engineering fundamentals including expertise in object-oriented design algorithms and data structures
Experience building and operating scalable fault-tolerant distributed systems
Proficiency in Java Scala or Python with a solid understanding of multi-threading and memory management
Knowledge of big data compute engines such as open table formats like Apache Iceberg and Apache Spark Trino Flink.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Self-motivation and the ability to deliver high-quality results in a fast-paced environment.





Key job responsibilities
Build and support Amazon Securitys Data Lake consisting of services for data cataloging optimization compaction re-organization and indexing at petabyte scale.
Drive technical vision and contribute to the roadmap for systems that manage petabyte-scale data catalogs supporting Apache Iceberg AWS Glue Parquet and other formats.
Design and implement distributed systems for data optimization that balance multiple latency scenarios from minute-level batch detections to month-spanning threat hunting queries.
Modernize security intelligence platforms data catalog and governance services to provide customers with rule-based access controls and fine-grained data access.
Build and support query platform services for query scheduling routing auditing and engine built on Apache Spark.
Optimize data ingestion and cataloging systems that handle petabytes of data.
Partner with data engineers and security teams across AWS Amazon Stores Digital and other business units to understand requirements and deliver platform capabilities.
Uphold software engineering best practices code quality standards and operational excellence.
Explore and build AI driven data discovery capabilities using catalog metadata to help security analysts find relevant datasets faster.
Work with AI/ML powered developer tools across the full SDLC from AI assisted code reviews and design to agentic operational response

About the team
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.

* 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.
* 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 knowledge-sharing training and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
* Work/Life Balance: We value work-life 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 non-internship professional software development experience
- 3 years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 3 years of designing and developing large-scale multi-tiered multi-threaded embedded or distributed software applications tools systems and services using: C# C Java or Perl experience
- 3 years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or a related field

- 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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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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 VA Herndon - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually