Senior OpenSearch SDE – Cloud Security & Scale

Amazon Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. seeks a security-focused software engineer to design, develop and support security for a cloud-scale OpenSearch platform used by AWS customers and the open-source community.

You will work on core security features, data protection and access control, with opportunities to contribute to open source projects and influence security directions for the AWS OpenSearch service.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-in Internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one language.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and support security for a world-class platform serving individuals and businesses of all sizes.
• Building technologies that help customers strengthen their security posture and better meet security requirements in the AWS Cloud.
• Work at the core of the AWS OpenSearch service, with ample opportunities to contribute to open source.
• Work on challenging problems in data storage, query optimization, JVM performance optimization, security, machine learning and more.
• Join a team that values intuition but relies on metrics and data sources to back up assumptions.
• Support plugin teams in meeting security requirements for host logging, patching, and vulnerability detection.
• Continually challenge what exists and explore what should be changed to meet evolving customer needs.
• Participate in setting a vision and objectives for AWS OpenSearch in alignment with customer needs and market opportunities.

Skills

Software development

System design/architecture

Mentorship / tech lead

Open source involvement

Security engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. seeks a security-focused software engineer to design, develop and support security for a cloud-scale OpenSearch platform used by AWS customers and the open-source community.

You will work on core security features, data protection and access control, with opportunities to contribute to open source projects and influence security directions for the AWS OpenSearch service.