Senior Software Engineer — Cloud Threat Detection & ML

Amazon Inc.

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 166,000 - 203,000

Full time

4 days ago
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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.

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