Cloud Security SDE II — Malware & Runtime Monitoring

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs and competitive benefits

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Los Angeles, CA seeks a Software Development Engineer II to design, build, and operate distributed systems powering GuardDuty's Malware Protection and Runtime Monitoring.

You will contribute to full software lifecycle, collaborate with security engineers, scientists, and product managers, and mentor teammates in best practices including AI tooling. The role emphasizes high-impact, scalable systems across AWS workloads with opportunities to influence

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience of new and existing systems.
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain highly available, scalable distributed systems for GuardDuty's Malware Protection and Runtime Monitoring services.
• Own features end-to-end across the full software development lifecycle — from design through deployment and operations.
• Collaborate with security engineers, applied scientists, and product managers to define technical solutions.
• Mentor junior engineers on engineering best practices and AI tooling usage.

Skills

C#

C++

Java

Perl

OO design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Bachelor's degree in CS

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Los Angeles, CA seeks a Software Development Engineer II to design, build, and operate distributed systems powering GuardDuty's Malware Protection and Runtime Monitoring.

You will contribute to full software lifecycle, collaborate with security engineers, scientists, and product managers, and mentor teammates in best practices including AI tooling. The role emphasizes high-impact, scalable systems across AWS workloads with opportunities to influence