DESCRIPTION

We are seeking a Security-Focused Software Development Engineer to help safeguard all Amazon customers, from Prime Now to Fulfillment Centers. Your role will be crucial in ensuring that customer data protection remains a top priority in all development efforts.

Key job responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include designing and developing a security monitoring platform for all of Amazon’s applications. This platform will empower security teams to swiftly and automatically detect issues and implement corrective measures. You will face challenges related to scale and latency while creating user-centric features, and you will gain exposure to and collaborate with critical systems across Amazon. Our approach emphasizes experimentation, rapid iteration, and gathering feedback from customers and stakeholders.

We are looking for a Software Development Engineer who is customer-focused, and detail-oriented. Strong software engineering skills, including proficiency in object-oriented design, algorithms, and data structures, are essential. Programming experience in Python/Java/C# and AWS are highly desired.

Additionally, you should possess a solid understanding of advanced systems concepts and design principles. The ability to integrate customer feedback while considering long-term impacts is crucial. We are seeking a candidate who is passionate about learning and enjoys working in a fast-paced, agile, and collaborative environment alongside an experienced team.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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.

Hybrid Work
We value innovation and recognize this sometimes requires uninterrupted time to focus. We also value in-person collaboration and time spent face-to-face.

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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

– 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 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.

USA, TX, Austin