AWS Security Software Engineer: Build Secure Cloud

Amazon; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Security is seeking a Software Development Engineer to help build and manage services that detect and mitigate cybersecurity threats across AWS infrastructure, including advanced persistent threats. You’ll work with security engineers, data scientists, and other software development engineers across multiple teams to build innovative security solutions at a massive scale.

You’ll get to use the full power of AWS technologies to protect every AWS customer.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of design/architecture experience for scalable systems.
• 1+ years of software development engineer experience.
• Experience programming with at least one language.
• Knowledge of Python and/or C++.

Responsibilities

• 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 the observability, performance, and efficiency of our existing systems.
• Raise the bar for testing, repeatability, automation, and operational excellence.
• Mentor and develop teammates, both technically and professionally.
• Seek out, develop, and advocate for new technologies.

Skills

Python

C++

AWS services

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

EC2

Lambda

S3

DynamoDB

SQS

Job description

Amazon Security is seeking a Software Development Engineer to help build and manage services that detect and mitigate cybersecurity threats across AWS infrastructure, including advanced persistent threats. You’ll work with security engineers, data scientists, and other software development engineers across multiple teams to build innovative security solutions at a massive scale.

You’ll get to use the full power of AWS technologies to protect every AWS customer.