Senior Security & Cryptography Engineer

VulnU; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Retirement match

Equity

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Amazon in Seattle seeks a Senior Software Development Engineer to design cryptographic systems using Rust, PKI, and distributed architectures. You will own multi-quarter initiatives from design through deployment and mentor engineers across levels.

You will drive security decisions with broad impact, contribute to operational excellence, and shape AWS security strategy with leadership guidance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• Experience leading design or architecture of large-scale systems.
• Mentor, tech lead, or engineering team leadership experience.
• Strong background in secure software design and reviews.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cryptographic systems using Rust, PKI and distributed architectures.
• Own multi-quarter initiatives from design to deployment.
• Lead technical decisions with broad impact across teams.
• Conduct insightful code reviews and mentor engineers at multiple levels.
• Drive operational excellence and engineering standards.

Skills

Software development experience

Leadership/mentoring

Code reviews

Security-focused design

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Rust

PKI

Formal verification

Distributed systems

Job description

Amazon in Seattle seeks a Senior Software Development Engineer to design cryptographic systems using Rust, PKI, and distributed architectures. You will own multi-quarter initiatives from design through deployment and mentor engineers across levels.

You will drive security decisions with broad impact, contribute to operational excellence, and shape AWS security strategy with leadership guidance.