SDE, AWS Perimeter Protection: Real-Time DDoS Defender

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer for Perimeter Protection (Anti-DDoS) in Seattle. You will design and implement high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems to detect and mitigate DDoS attacks, and build deep packet inspection and traffic analysis solutions to enforce security policies at cloud scale.

You will own features end-to-end—from requirements gathering through design, testing, deployment, and on-call support—collaborating with networking, security, and data science

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems that detect and mitigate DDoS attacks in real time, protecting AWS customers at massive scale.
• Develop deep packet inspection and traffic analysis solutions to identify malicious patterns and enforce network security policies across the AWS perimeter.
• Build and optimize data-plane and control-plane components for AWS Network Firewall, ensuring resilience under adversarial conditions.
• Own features end-to-end—from gathering customer requirements through design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operational support.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including networking, security, and applied science to research and deliver innovative anti-DDoS countermeasures.
• Contribute to system architecture decisions that balance performance, cost, and security trade-offs at cloud scale.
• Drive operational excellence through automation, monitoring, alarming, and participation in on-call rotations to maintain service availability.
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and technical documentation to maintain high engineering standards and mentor peers

Skills

Software development

System design

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer for Perimeter Protection (Anti-DDoS) in Seattle. You will design and implement high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems to detect and mitigate DDoS attacks, and build deep packet inspection and traffic analysis solutions to enforce security policies at cloud scale.

You will own features end-to-end—from requirements gathering through design, testing, deployment, and on-call support—collaborating with networking, security, and data science