Senior Software Engineer, DDoS Defense & Cloud Security

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 143,700 - 194,400; Full time

Job summary

Amazon, within AWS Shield, is seeking passionate software engineers to help protect AWS infrastructure and millions of customers from evolving DDoS threats. You will design security architectures, build scalable protection mechanisms, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to defend cloud services in real time.

You will work on both existing systems and new, greenfield projects, tackling high-stakes engineering challenges that balance scale, speed, and reliability for global traffic.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience for new and existing systems.
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software applications using languages like C#, C++, Java, or Perl.

Responsibilities

• Design the future of AWS security architecture.
• Architect the next generation of protection mechanisms for AWS and customers.
• Work on existing and greenfield projects to detect, mitigate, and prevent attacks at scale and in real time.
• Collaborate with research and DDoS response teams to stop Layer 3/4 and Layer 7 attacks effectively.

Skills

Software development experience

System design & architecture

C#, C++, Java, Perl

Object Oriented Design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Job description

Amazon, within AWS Shield, is seeking passionate software engineers to help protect AWS infrastructure and millions of customers from evolving DDoS threats. You will design security architectures, build scalable protection mechanisms, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to defend cloud services in real time.

You will work on both existing systems and new, greenfield projects, tackling high-stakes engineering challenges that balance scale, speed, and reliability for global traffic.