Senior Software Engineer, AI Threat Detection

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Boston, MA is seeking a highly skilled senior software engineer to join the GuardDuty team, building scalable threat-detection systems and AI threat-detection capabilities.

You will work with applied scientists and security researchers to translate research into production-ready systems, own parts of the lifecycle, and participate in on-call rotation in a customer-facing environment.

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 of new and existing systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate large-scale, distributed security detection systems.
• Extend GuardDuty’s capabilities into the AI Threat Detection domain by developing detections for emerging threats targeting AI models and generative AI applications.
• Collaborate with applied scientists and security researchers to transform research outcomes into scalable, production-ready systems.
• Drive the full software development lifecycle, including scoping, planning, design, implementation, testing, documentation, deployment, and operational support.
• Conduct design and code reviews, providing feedback on architecture, scalability, performance, and integration.
• Operate in a highly available, customer-facing environment with on-call responsibilities and contribute to building resilient systems that minimize operational load.
• Participate in root cause analysis and long-term improvements to ensure operational excellence and reduce recurring issues.

Skills

Software development

Mentor/Tech lead

Design/Architecture

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Tools

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GC)

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Boston, MA is seeking a highly skilled senior software engineer to join the GuardDuty team, building scalable threat-detection systems and AI threat-detection capabilities.

You will work with applied scientists and security researchers to translate research into production-ready systems, own parts of the lifecycle, and participate in on-call rotation in a customer-facing environment.