Senior Software Engineer — Cloud Threat Detection & ML

Amazon Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 166,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a senior software engineer to design and build large-scale security detection systems. You will work with applied scientists and security researchers to turn research into production-scale solutions.

The role covers the full SDLC, including design reviews, testing, and on-call rotations. You will mentor junior engineers and help scale systems for AWS security needs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one language.
• 5+ years leading design/architecture of systems.
• Experience as a mentor or tech lead.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate large-scale distributed security detection systems.
• Collaborate with scientists to transform research into production systems.
• Own the full software development lifecycle: scoping to maintenance.
• Conduct design and code reviews for architecture, scalability, and performance.
• Operate in a highly available, customer-facing environment with on-call responsibilities.
• Participate in root cause analysis and long-term improvements to prevent recurrence.

Skills

5+ years of software development

5+ years of programming experience

5+ years in design/architecture

Mentor or tech lead experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a senior software engineer to design and build large-scale security detection systems. You will work with applied scientists and security researchers to turn research into production-scale solutions.

The role covers the full SDLC, including design reviews, testing, and on-call rotations. You will mentor junior engineers and help scale systems for AWS security needs.