SDE II: Cloud Security Runtime & Malware Platform

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon GuardDuty seeks a talented Software Development Engineer to join the Los Angeles office, designing and operating highly available, scalable distributed systems powering Malware Protection and Runtime Monitoring. You will contribute to the full software lifecycle and collaborate with security engineers, scientists, and product managers to deliver robust features protecting AWS customers.

You will work hands‑on to design, code, test, and deploy, leveraging AI tooling to improve velocity

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non‑internship design or architecture experience with reliability and scaling of systems.
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
• 1+ years of designing and developing large‑scale, multi‑tiered distributed software applications and services.
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
• Experience programming with at least one software language.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain highly available, scalable distributed systems for GuardDuty's Malware Protection and Runtime Monitoring services.
• Build and operate metadata services that enrich data for internal GuardDuty teams.
• Own and evolve the runtime agent provisioning and agent coverage platform across AWS compute services.
• Own features end‑to‑end across the full software development lifecycle—from design through deployment and operations.
• Leverage AI‑assisted development tooling to accelerate design, coding, testing, and reviews while maintaining quality.

Skills

Software development

System design

Distributed systems

OO design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Mathematics

Tools

C#

C++

Java

Perl

Job description

Amazon GuardDuty seeks a talented Software Development Engineer to join the Los Angeles office, designing and operating highly available, scalable distributed systems powering Malware Protection and Runtime Monitoring. You will contribute to the full software lifecycle and collaborate with security engineers, scientists, and product managers to deliver robust features protecting AWS customers.

You will work hands‑on to design, code, test, and deploy, leveraging AI tooling to improve velocity