Senior SDE, Shield (Anti‑DDoS) - Internet-Scale Defense

Amazon; Seattle (WA); 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 is recruiting a Sr Software Development Engineer for Shield (Anti-DDoS) to help defend AWS infrastructure and customers from sophisticated threats. You will design internet-scale distributed systems, architect high-throughput solutions, and push innovations to stay ahead in a dynamic threat landscape.

Join a diverse team of engineers securing a substantial portion of global internet traffic, with opportunities to influence architecture, performance, and reliability while mentoring others

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship 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

• Lead the design, development, and operation of internet-scale distributed systems that defend AWS infrastructure and millions of customers from sophisticated DdoS attacks.
• Architect and build high-throughput systems that process and protect traffic representing a substantial portion of global internet activity.
• Drive technical solutions for scaling challenges that few engineering teams ever encounter—handling traffic volumes and attack patterns at the boundaries of distributed systems design.
• Design creative, forward-looking mitigations in an ambiguous, fast-moving threat landscape where attacks evolve daily.
• Own high-stakes engineering decisions that balance massive scale, rapid iteration, and effective mitigation while ensuring customer traffic flows safely and reliably.
• Mentor and raise the bar for engineering excellence across the team through code reviews, architecture guidance, and technical leadership.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver the highest standards of perimeter protection.
• Drive operational excellence and reliability for systems defending some of the world's most critical cloud infrastructure.

Skills

Software development

Programming experience

Mentorship

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Amazon is recruiting a Sr Software Development Engineer for Shield (Anti-DDoS) to help defend AWS infrastructure and customers from sophisticated threats. You will design internet-scale distributed systems, architect high-throughput solutions, and push innovations to stay ahead in a dynamic threat landscape.

Join a diverse team of engineers securing a substantial portion of global internet traffic, with opportunities to influence architecture, performance, and reliability while mentoring others