Senior Privacy Platform Engineer: Scalable Compliance

Amazon; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 184,900 - 250,200; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Privacy Engineering builds the automated compliance tooling, policy enforcement systems, and regulatory evidence collection systems that protect customer data and ensure regulatory compliance across Stores, Ads, Devices, Prime Video and more. We run high-throughput, low-latency systems requiring thought leadership, the ability to solve complex challenges at scale, and a builder-friendly approach.

You will mentor others, own initiatives across the stack, and shape the product roadmap with

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical leader on the team and influence key technical strategies.
• Simplify existing systems (e.g. by consolidating redundant systems, deleting unnecessary code, or removing/updating out of date documentation).
• Lead large projects that require the work of a team, dividing software projects into parallel workstreams that can be delivered independently and unified into cohesive launches.
• Drive mindful discussions with customers and peers and lead them to towards a bold vision.
• Take ownership of team architecture, providing a system-wide view and design guidance.
• Make appropriate architectural trade‑offs and deliver innovative, secure, easily maintainable, appropriately scalable and extensible solutions.
• Drive engineering best practices (e.g., Operational Excellence, Security, Quality, etc.) and set standards.
• Actively recruit and help others leverage your expertise, by coaching and mentoring in our organization.

Skills

Software development

Programming languages

Technical leadership

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Amazon Privacy Engineering builds the automated compliance tooling, policy enforcement systems, and regulatory evidence collection systems that protect customer data and ensure regulatory compliance across Stores, Ads, Devices, Prime Video and more. We run high-throughput, low-latency systems requiring thought leadership, the ability to solve complex challenges at scale, and a builder-friendly approach.

You will mentor others, own initiatives across the stack, and shape the product roadmap with