Security Foundations SDE II: Build Secure, Scalable Services

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

Job summary

Amazon is hiring a Software Development Engineer II for Security Foundations in Stores Security. You will design, implement, test, deploy, and operate security‑focused services with end‑to‑end ownership.

You’ll work with senior engineers, security experts, and data scientists to raise our security bar across a broad range of Amazon businesses. You will contribute to well‑architected systems on AWS, collaborate across teams, and grow in a fast‑paced environment that values ownership, learning,

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

Responsibilities

• Design and build well‑architected services and tools that raise the security bar for engineering teams across Amazon.
• Use your problem‑solving skills to work through ambiguous, high‑impact problems in collaboration with engineers, applied scientists, and security specialists, applying Amazon's principles of thinking big, inventing, and simplifying.
• Deliver end‑to‑end features that combine cloud back‑end services on AWS, data pipelines, and modern developer‑facing experiences.
• Partner with teams across Amazon to integrate our capabilities into the tools, workflows, and services that builders already use every day, so security guidance meets developers where they are.
• Bring strong engineering judgment, clear communication, and a sense of ownership to challenging and ambiguous problems, and drive them to a high‑quality outcome in a fast‑paced environment.
• Provide guidance to and mentor other engineers on the team, and help grow the technical skills and security intuition of the people around you.
• Own the quality bar for your area, including thoughtful design reviews, robust automated testing, healthy code coverage, and reliable CI/CD pipelines.
• Participate in the operational excellence of the services you build, including monitoring, on‑call, and continuous improvement based on real production learnings

Skills

C#

C++

Java

Perl

Education

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

Job description

Amazon is hiring a Software Development Engineer II for Security Foundations in Stores Security. You will design, implement, test, deploy, and operate security‑focused services with end‑to‑end ownership.

You’ll work with senior engineers, security experts, and data scientists to raise our security bar across a broad range of Amazon businesses. You will contribute to well‑architected systems on AWS, collaborate across teams, and grow in a fast‑paced environment that values ownership, learning,