DESCRIPTION

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, and many others. Our team works with AWS teams to solve security challenges at massive scale. We earn trust by building services that meet the security goals of our customers, from compliance to analysis. We dive deep into security technologies such as new authentication systems, hardware security components, cryptography, system hardening, and massive-scale audit analysis.

We are looking for highly intelligent software and systems professionals to raise the security bar for cloud computing. You should enjoy working on complex system software and delivering meaningful security protections on behalf of our customers. We do not simply produce good software here at AWS Security… we produce disruptive, history changing innovations.

Our team creates services that continuously scan, identify, and mitigate security threats against AWS. We process immense quantities of data from millions of resources to keep hundreds of AWS services secure. If you have a passion for data analytics, building systems of systems, and security we’d love to hear from you.

Key job responsibilities
As a Senior Software Development Engineer, you will leverage Amazon technology (Lambda, Kinesis, DynamoDB, etc.) to solve AWS Security problems at staggering scale. You will be central to raising the bar on our software architecture and practices — your design skills will be key. You will share ownership of our operational excellence, ensuring our system is properly tuned and has appropriate alarms for warning or error conditions. You will help drive our working backwards processes, inventing and simplifying on behalf of our customers.

A day in the life
Amazon has a fast-paced environment where we “Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History.” We follow an agile development approach that emphasizes empowerment of the team. You will collaborate with AWS services to design and develop new security features using AWS technology, deploying software through our large automated systems, and operationally supporting your newly deployed software. You will work with security engineers and data scientists to apply radically new approaches to complex, multifaceted problems in network and application security.

About the team
You’ll be part of a world-class team in a fast-paced environment that has an entrepreneurial vibe. This is an opportunity to operate and engineer systems on a massive scale, and to gain top-notch experience in cloud computing. You’ll be surrounded by people who are smart, passionate about cloud computing, and believe that world class service is critical to customer success.

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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

– 8+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
– 8+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
– 8+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
– 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
– Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

– Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

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