Security-Focused Cloud Software Engineer

Emploive; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Security in Arlington, VA is seeking software engineers to design and build services that protect AWS locations and assets worldwide. You will own end-to-end development in an IaC environment, from design through deployment, solving complex architecture problems and improving security tooling used by AWS teams.

You will collaborate with peers to review code, drive scalable solutions, and contribute to features that reduce risk and automate operational efficiency.

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 with Machine Learning and Large Language Model fundamentals, including architecture, training/inference lifecycles, and optimization of model execution.
• 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.
• Knowledge of machine learning model architecture and inference

Responsibilities

• You design software solutions to enable new features or improve software. You may still require guidance from your team's leadership to ensure your designs are in alignment with your team's long-term architectural strategy.
• You work on difficult problems with visible risks or roadblocks. You bring clarity to problems and identify simple designs for solutions.
• You are active in the code review process on your team, providing meaningful feedback to others, including those who are more senior.

Skills

Software development

Architecture design

Distributed systems

Machine learning basics

C#

C++

Java

Perl

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Security in Arlington, VA is seeking software engineers to design and build services that protect AWS locations and assets worldwide. You will own end-to-end development in an IaC environment, from design through deployment, solving complex architecture problems and improving security tooling used by AWS teams.

You will collaborate with peers to review code, drive scalable solutions, and contribute to features that reduce risk and automate operational efficiency.