Security Software Engineer – Optics Platform (Flexible Hours)

Amazon

Arlington (VA)

On-site

USD 144,000 - 194,000

Full time

6 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a skilled software engineer to design secure services for protecting AWS physical locations and to participate across the full software development lifecycle. You will own architecture discussions, code reviews, and deployments in an IaC environment, helping to automate operations and improve reliability at scale.

The role emphasizes collaboration with stakeholders and building robust systems that safeguard AWS infrastructure worldwide, with a focus on security

Qualifications

Experience (non-internship) in professional software development.
Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Responsibilities

Design and implement secure services that protect AWS physical locations, making meaningful contributions to the full software development lifecycle from scoping and design through testing, deployment, and maintenance.
Take ownership of operational excellence, identifying root causes of issues and implementing permanent fixes while continually improving team operations.
Work with stakeholders to understand business and customer value, ensuring you deliver solutions that balance customer requirements with team objectives.
Actively participate in code reviews, providing meaningful feedback to teammates while contributing to documentation that explains how systems are constructed, tested, and operated.
Automate operational inefficiencies for both the team and customers, building solutions that scale across all AWS regions while maintaining high quality standards.