Cloud Security SDE: Build Next-Gen Threat Detectors

Jobs in JS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Security is seeking a Software Development Engineer to build and operate security services that detect and mitigate threats across AWS infrastructure at scale. You will work with security engineers, data scientists, and other software engineers to deliver proactive protections for AWS customers.

You will design low-latency architectures, improve observability, and participate in on-call rotations. Collaboration, curiosity, and a customer-first mindset are essential as part of a diverse,

Qualifications

• Experience (non-internship) in professional software development.
• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Experience (non-internship) software development in a combination of Java, C#, Python, or Rust.
• Experience working with Linux operating system development.

Responsibilities

• Leverage AWS technology to solve security problems at scale and build detections.
• Collaborate with data scientists and security engineers to build automated security detection and mitigation workflows.
• Design scalable architectures for low-latency, big data processing.
• Improve observability, performance and efficiency of existing systems.
• Mentor teammates, advocate new technologies, and maintain operational excellence.

Skills

Professional software development

System design & architecture

Languages: Java, C#, Python, Rust

Linux development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Security is seeking a Software Development Engineer to build and operate security services that detect and mitigate threats across AWS infrastructure at scale. You will work with security engineers, data scientists, and other software engineers to deliver proactive protections for AWS customers.

You will design low-latency architectures, improve observability, and participate in on-call rotations. Collaboration, curiosity, and a customer-first mindset are essential as part of a diverse,