Senior SDE, Engagement Security: AI/ML Infra Lead

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Herndon, VA is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to build and operate large-scale distributed systems powering internal security services, including AI/ML workloads and LLMs.

You will lead design, implementation, and operation of infrastructure and tooling that help AWS teams deliver secure results while meeting strict security requirements. You will collaborate with security and ML engineers, project managers, and other SDEs; own operations health,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one language.
• 5+ years leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• 2+ years of Linux systems administration and/or development experience.
• Knowledge of one or more ML Frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow) and ML methods including NLP models (BERT, GPT-2/3), computer vision-based models and text-based models.
• Knowledge of and proficiency in the use of Python scripting language.
• AWS certification, such as, AWS Solutions Architect, or a similar cloud certification.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain reliable, scalable infrastructure that leverages AI to deliver faster, more resilient services to customers.
• Develop automation tools and frameworks to eliminate manual operational work
• Mentor one or more developers on the team
• Own the operational health of services, including monitoring, alerting, and incident response
• Participate in on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 service availability
• Collaborate with security and ML teams to improve system architecture and operational excellence

Skills

Software dev experience

Architecture leadership

Mentorship experience

SDLC experience

On-call rotation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Tools

Python

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Herndon, VA is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to build and operate large-scale distributed systems powering internal security services, including AI/ML workloads and LLMs.

You will lead design, implementation, and operation of infrastructure and tooling that help AWS teams deliver secure results while meeting strict security requirements. You will collaborate with security and ML engineers, project managers, and other SDEs; own operations health,