Security Automation SDE II - AI, Cloud & Compliance

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

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer II to drive architectural decisions for security automation platforms and mentor engineers while delivering scalable solutions across AWS environments.

You will own features end-to-end, design cohesive architectures for AI-enabled tools, and collaborate with Security Engineers to translate requirements into robust implementations, balancing performance and security.

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 software development engineer or related occupational experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Own software features for security automation platforms, AI-enabled chatbot and data enrichment tooling, driving them from design through deployment and maintenance.
• Design and architect complex system components including RAG-based AI implementations, clean room architectures, and cross-platform intelligence integrations with limited guidance, making design tradeoffs that balance security, performance, and maintainability.
• Provide constructive code review direction to peers including senior engineers, ensuring code quality, security best practices, and adherence to DevSecOps principles across all team deliverables.
• Actively mentor junior engineers and train new teammates on team software, security architecture patterns, and development processes.
• Collaborate with Security Engineers who define security requirements and threat modeling, translating those requirements into scalable technical implementations.
• Drive improvements to the team’s development and testing processes, operational runbooks, and software quality standards.
• Engage with Director-level stakeholders to communicate technical decisions, project status, and business value of security automation initiatives.

Skills

Software development

System architecture

DevSecOps

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer II to drive architectural decisions for security automation platforms and mentor engineers while delivering scalable solutions across AWS environments.

You will own features end-to-end, design cohesive architectures for AI-enabled tools, and collaborate with Security Engineers to translate requirements into robust implementations, balancing performance and security.