The AmSec Endpoint Security Capabilities and Prevention Engineering team build and operate first and third party services for the monitoring and response to malicious activity on the Amazon internal devices. We collect data from all parts of Amazon's environment worldwide.
We seek a Software Development Engineer who is excited about solving challenging problems by developing our own solutions that protect Amazon and our customer data. Our challenges are broad and deep -- we build flexible, secure, scalable, high-performance and robust tools and services. These services enable our security engineers and analysts to detect and respond to malicious activity on our infrastructure. In Amazon Security we operate multiple large scale data query platforms to allow security engineers to detect anomalies and facilitate threat hunting. You will work with a group of engineers to operate these services to the highest operational level while building new tools and services to improve the customer experience and make it easier/faster/cheaper for the customer to get what they need.
In AmSec, we obsess over our customers, and their trust is our first priority. Trust is earned by building a highly respected security team to tackle new challenges at a large scale. In this role, you will deliver high quality, scalable products that are deployed to our internal services around the world. You will collaborate with product owners and customers to deliver the best features, using resources and technologies efficiently. You will work with stakeholders to define solutions that scale and satisfy a wide variety of security needs. You will also assess risks, anticipate bottlenecks, and balance business needs against technical constraints to maximize business benefit.
On-Call Responsibility
This position involves on-call responsibilities. We don’t like getting paged in the middle of the night or on the weekend, so we work to ensure that our systems are
fault tolerant. When we do get paged, we work together to resolve the root cause so that we don’t get paged for the same issue twice.
Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
- Design, implement and maintain platform services and features using
AWS to build highly scalable solutions.
- Automate deployments, upgrades and system changes to ensure continous operations
- Partner with
cross-functional teams to understand their use cases and build solutions to automate their workflows.
- Enable customers to automate security tasks and track success metrics using our tooling
- Participate in on-call operations to ensure system reliability and continuity across the company
- Identify opportunities to enhance skills in software development, cloud computing and security
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, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t 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 Amazon’s 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, it’s 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
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll 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, there’s nothing we can’t 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
- Bachelor's 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.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit
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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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually