Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Vulnerability Management Services

At Amazon security is one of our highest priorities. The Amazon Vulnerability Management Services (AVMS) organization is responsible for discovering vulnerabilities assessing their risk and ensuring remediation within SLA across all AWS and SDO. Within AVMS the Discovery Insights Foundry (DIF) team serves as the central analytics and reporting platform for how security data is defined governed and consumed.

We are seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer to join the DIF team and help build AI-driven executive-level leadership reporting that gives senior leaders real-time insight into the state of Vulnerability Management across AWS. You will build a product from the ground up spanning interactive data visualization data analytics pipelines AI-powered agent orchestration MCP (Model Context Protocol) services and team-level operational integration. The product will enable both a high-level organizational view and a drill-down capability for leaders to dive deep into specific areas.

This is a unique opportunity to combine full-stack software engineering with AI/ML data engineering and security domain expertise. The systems you build will be used by VP and Director-level leadership to make decisions that directly affect the security posture of the worlds largest cloud provider.

Key job responsibilities
- Architecture Design and Review
- Software Feature development in Java and Python using AWS services (S3 Lambda SQS Fargate/ECS EMR Spark etc.)
- Setting and achieving a high bar for Operational Excellence
- Earning trust in all directions; building partnerships with technical internal Amazon stakeholders WW
- System resilience testing and preparation
- Software project planning using Agile Methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)

A day in the life
You will work at the intersection of software engineering data analytics and AI. On a given day you might build a new visualization component for the leadership dashboard develop an AI agent that automates a weekly status report write a data pipeline that merges vulnerability metrics from multiple upstream systems or design an MCP service that enables other teams to integrate with your reporting platform. You will partner closely with security engineers data engineers and program managers across AVMS to ensure leadership has a trusted unified and timely view of the organizations vulnerability posture.

The DIF team operates with a startup mentality inside a large organization. You will have direct impact on the product direction and will see your work in front of senior security leadership. The team values rapid iteration creative problem-solving and high-quality engineering.

About the team
The Discovery Insights Foundry (DIF) is a team within Amazon Vulnerability Management Services (AVMS). Our mission is to provide trusted standardized and actionable security metrics and insights that enable AVMS leadership domain teams and compliance partners to make timely data-driven decisions at Amazon scale. We serve as the authoritative layer between raw security data and the people who consume it.

Tech stack
Java Python TypeScript/React AWS services (Lambda DynamoDB S3 Step Functions QuickSight Bedrock SageMaker) data pipeline tooling and generative AI frameworks. Experience with any of these is a plus but not required for all.

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 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
- 2 years of non-internship 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
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java C or C# including object-oriented design

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 TX Austin - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually