Systems Development Engineer

Amazon; Dublin; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Amazon Security is seeking a Systems Development Engineer to help raise the security bar across AWS and retail services. You will work with a global team to design new security features, deploy scalable software, and ensure secure by default configurations for customers.

The role requires strong programming skills in modern languages, experience in security, and EU residency. The EU-based Operations team operates around the clock, with on‑call rotations approximately every 4–6 weeks to protect

Qualifications

• Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems).
• Experience (non-internship) in professional software development.
• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby.
• This role requires you to be a national of an EU member state.

Responsibilities

• Own security for cloud and retail services, including EC2, S3, and more across Amazon Security.
• Join the EU-based Operations team and participate in 24/7/365 on-call support, approximately every 4–6 weeks.
• Design and deliver security features, deploy software through large automated systems, and support security software to improve user experience and security.

Skills

Systems engineering fundamentals

Professional software development

Designing scalable systems

Programming in modern languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

PowerShell

AWS services

Job description

Description

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. Our team is looking for a highly motivated Systems Development Engineer in Amazon Security who will raise the security bar by delivering industry‑best security services. You should be somebody who enjoys inventing and simplifying around complex security challenges, obsesses over the customer experience, and feels strongly about delivering results. You should be passionate about solving security hurdles in innovative ways. We do not desire to simply produce good software here at Amazon Security… we want to produce disruptive, industry‑leading innovations.

Key job responsibilities

Each day, hundreds of thousands of developers and customers make billions of transactions worldwide on our cloud and the Amazon retail site. The Amazon Security team owns security for all of these services offered by Amazon Security, including EC2, S3, and many others, as well as the security of our global retail sites. This team is an EU‑based Operations team, integrated with Software Development teams, supporting Amazon Foundational Security Services, to provide our customers with secure by default security services. We dive deep into security technologies such as new access control design patterns, identity security services, access control, authorization, authentication, and life cycle management to support our customers as Amazon continues to scale and grow. We are looking for software professionals from diverse backgrounds, who are creative problem solvers, and passionate about delivering solutions that improve both user experience and security. We are a global team and have a culture of learning from each other. We don’t expect people to join our team knowing everything. We want people who are excited to learn, to challenge the status quo, and who are energized by building highly scalable and available systems on a global scale.

The EUSC Operations team runs a 24/7/365 operation, and on‑call support will be required as part of this role. You would join the on‑call rotation approximately once every 4–6 weeks.

A day in the life

Amazon has a fast‑paced environment – “Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History.” Our team works with users to design new security features, deploy software through large automated systems, and operationally support security software. You'll look for new approaches to automate fixes for operational issues and use Amazon Security services to solve design problems. Our team also puts a high value on work‑life balance. A healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here. We offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and balanced life—both in and outside of work.

Basic Qualifications

• Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
• Experience (non‑internship) in professional software development
• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
• This role requires you to be a national of an EU member state

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with PowerShell (preferred), Python, Ruby, or Java
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent, or experience effectively communicating complex concepts through written and verbal communication
• Experience with AWS services
• Experience mentoring an engineering community on complex technical issues
• Experience in deploying identity and access management systems, or experience in web security

Amazon will provide relocation support for successful applicants relocating within the European Union.

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