Security Software Engineer — Devices & Abuse Prevention

Amazon; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs (restricted stock units)

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Lab126 is seeking a Software Development Engineer to build security software for device services and backend data analysis. You will collaborate with security engineers and applied scientists to shield Echo, Fire TV, and other devices, using AI techniques and scalable architectures.

The role emphasizes building detection mechanisms, real-time analysis tools, and secure backend services in a fast-paced Agile environment. Join a team dedicated to protecting millions of Amazon customers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience (design patterns, reliability and scaling).
• 2+ 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.
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of server-side development experience.

Responsibilities

• Build security detection mechanisms in our device software.
• Build backend services to process and enable client side abuse detection.
• Build tools and mechanisms to process device data at scale to find anomalies and protect our device customers.
• Work in a fast paced team using Agile methodology.
• Embrace the use of AI to automate and ship faster.

Skills

C#

C++

Java

Perl

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Amazon Lab126 is seeking a Software Development Engineer to build security software for device services and backend data analysis. You will collaborate with security engineers and applied scientists to shield Echo, Fire TV, and other devices, using AI techniques and scalable architectures.

The role emphasizes building detection mechanisms, real-time analysis tools, and secure backend services in a fast-paced Agile environment. Join a team dedicated to protecting millions of Amazon customers.