SDE, AWS Security — Threat Detection

Amazon Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer to help build and manage security services that detect and mitigate threats across AWS infrastructure. You will join a team of engineers, security experts, and data scientists to deliver scalable solutions that protect customers at cloud scale.

You’ll work with Lambda, Kinesis, and DynamoDB, shaping system design for reliability and low latency while maintaining strong operational excellence and on-call readiness.

Qualifications

• Experience non-internship in professional software development.
• Experience architecting scalable systems with reliability in mind.
• Experience in software development with Java, Python, C#, Rust; TypeScript is a plus.
• Experience working with Linux operating system development.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to build automated security detection and mitigation workflows.
• Design scalable architectures for low-latency data processing.
• Improve observability, performance, and efficiency of existing systems.
• Mentor teammates and advocate for new technologies.
• Support on-call duties and incident response as needed.

Skills

Software development

System design

Linux development

Java

Python

C#

Rust

TypeScript

AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Lambda

Kinesis

DynamoDB

AWS

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer to help build and manage security services that detect and mitigate threats across AWS infrastructure. You will join a team of engineers, security experts, and data scientists to deliver scalable solutions that protect customers at cloud scale.

You’ll work with Lambda, Kinesis, and DynamoDB, shaping system design for reliability and low latency while maintaining strong operational excellence and on-call readiness.