Senior Security Software Engineer - Cloud IaC

Amazon; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Optics is seeking a senior software engineer to design, develop, and optimize secure services used to protect AWS sites worldwide. You will own end-to-end delivery in an IaC environment and contribute across the full software lifecycle.

You will mentor engineers and lead architecture decisions, ensuring high-quality solutions while continually improving operations and security. EU Citizen status is required.

Qualifications

• Experience mentoring or leading an engineering team.
• Experience leading the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
• Experience in professional, non-internship software development.
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design.
• This role requires you to be a national of an EU member state.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure services that protect AWS physical locations, making meaningful contributions to the full software development lifecycle from scoping and design through testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Take ownership of operational excellence, identifying root causes of issues and implementing permanent fixes while continually improving team operations.
• Work with stakeholders to understand business and customer value, ensuring you deliver solutions that balance customer requirements with team objectives.
• Actively participate in code reviews, providing meaningful feedback to teammates while contributing to documentation that explains how systems are constructed, tested, and operated.
• Automate operational inefficiencies for both the team and customers, building solutions that scale across all AWS regions while maintaining high quality standards.

Skills

Mentor / tech lead

Architecture & design leadership

Software development experience

Programming languages: Java, C++, C#

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

IaC deployment

Job description

Amazon Optics is seeking a senior software engineer to design, develop, and optimize secure services used to protect AWS sites worldwide. You will own end-to-end delivery in an IaC environment and contribute across the full software lifecycle.

You will mentor engineers and lead architecture decisions, ensuring high-quality solutions while continually improving operations and security. EU Citizen status is required.