DESCRIPTION

Amazon Security is seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer to help realize the technical vision for security-focused, builder tooling, as part of Amazon’s continued mission to shift security left. This team builds and operates full-stack services and web applications providing builders the ability to design and threat model secure software for customers. The products built by this team are used across all of Amazon’s organizations and teams, giving you the unique opportunity to have company-wide influence and impact. In this role, you will design and drive the development of scalable software systems and services, enabling the design, threat modeling, and security review of software and hardware systems built at Amazon Additionally, you will have the unique opportunity to partner closely with business and security teams and directly influence the software design process relied on by builders.

Key job responsibilities
– Architect and develop full stack with both scalable backend services and interactive web applications.
– Implement robust APIs and user experiences used directly by customers and integrated with by other software teams.
– Design for high availability, scalability, extensibility, and resiliency in the context of tools, services, and processes managed in AWS.
– Evangelize software best practices and drive improvements to our customer products as user expectations evolve.
– Collaborate with security and business teams to translate requirements into powerful technical solutions on behalf of customers.
– Mentor other engineers on the team and promote best practices through software design, development, testing, operational excellence, and security.

About the team
About Amazon Security

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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

– 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
– Bachelors Degree

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

– Experience developing software solutions for security applications.
– Demonstrated ability in delivering solutions using AWS products, such as DynamoDB, S3, SQS/SNS, Lambda, Elastic Search & EC2.
– Experience building mobile or web frontends and applications, using React or React Native, or comparable front-end technologies.
– Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy.
– Experience mentoring junior software engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective and productive software engineers.

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.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

USA, WA, Seattle