SDE II, Amazon Privacy Engineering

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Privacy Engineering builds automated compliance tooling and policy enforcement systems to ensure regulatory compliance and protect customer data across many services. This role drives a Tier-1, high-throughput system delivering compliance evidence and policy enforcement at global scale.

You'll own initiatives across the stack—from policy enforcement APIs to data pipelines—designing solutions that are scalable, maintainable, and secure while collaborating with diverse teams and leadership.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience on large systems.
• 1+ years designing and developing large-scale distributed software in C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in CS/Engineering/Math.
• Experience programming in at least one language.

Responsibilities

• Designing, developing, and operating key system products and services.
• Ensuring designs align with existing architectures and products.
• Maintaining a high operational excellence bar.
• Working in a fast-paced environment to deliver high-quality software.

Skills

Software development

System design

Full SDLC

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

C#

C++

Java

Perl

Job description

Description

Amazon Privacy Engineering builds the automated compliance tooling, policy enforcement systems, and regulatory evidence collection systems that ensure regulatory compliance and protect customer data across Stores, Ads, Devices, Prime Video and more.

Doubling down on our recent innovations in the Advertising and Stores businesses, the team is designing the next-generation of applications with a singular mission: make privacy compliance automatic, provable, unified and scalable across every system across Amazon, in every jurisdiction where Amazon operates.

This is a Tier-1, high-throughput, low-latency system that will drive policy enforcement for hundreds, then thousands of services, processing billions of transactions worldwide. We are refining previous implementations and creating extensible solutions for the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape.

The tech stack is Java on native AWS, and the startup ethos is real: small team, greenfield architecture, outsized impact, and high leadership visibility.

You're looking for an opportunity to ideate, design, build, and deliver technology solutions at an incedible scale. You look at problems holistically and thrive on cutting through complexity to deliver simple, maintainable solutions. You want to work on real problems that demand creative thinking and deep understanding of the problem space. You challenge yourself and others to constantly find better approaches. This role requires you to switch nimbly between strategic and tactical work to achieve technical, business, and customer trust goals. You'll own and drive initiatives through the entire stack, from the policy enforcement APIs that teams integrate with, down to the data pipelines that produce compliance evidence.

Key job responsibilities

• Designing, developing, and operating key system products and services
• Ensuring designs align with and augment existing organizational and product architectures
• Maintaining and promoting a high operational excellence bar
• Operating in a fast-paced environment to deliver high quality software

About the team

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security?

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.

Inclusive Team Culture

In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

A day in the life

About the team

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security?

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

Inclusive Team Culture

In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Basic 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
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually