Software Development Engineer - AWS Cryptography

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon’s ACL team is seeking a Software Development Engineer to shape cryptographic implementations used across AWS services and open-source projects. You will own features end-to-end, from design through testing and release, ensuring correctness in a security-critical codebase.

You will also help pioneer AI tooling for open-source library security and backport CVEs at scale. You will collaborate with Applied Scientists, security engineers, and partner teams to ship changes safely at scale, with

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• Knowledge of system performance, memory management, and parallel computing principles.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, architectures, reviews, source control, CI/CD, testing.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, and maintain cryptographic functionality in AWS-LC and related libraries.
• Own features end to end from design through release and support.
• Build and apply generative-AI tooling for open-source library security and CVE backports.
• Raise the bar on code quality, test coverage, and engineering practices for a security-critical codebase.
• Collaborate with scientists, security engineers, and partner teams to land changes at scale.

Skills

Software development experience

System performance knowledge

Memory management

Parallel computing principles

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Rust

Python

Java

C

C++

C#

Job description

Software Development Engineer - AWS Cryptography

Job ID: 10516264 | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

The Amazon Cryptographic Libraries (ACL) team builds the cryptography that AWS services and a growing open-source community depend on, including AWS-LC, our FIPS-validated open-source libcrypto. As a Software Development Engineer you will shape the cryptographic implementations that run across all of Amazon and a growing number of open-source consumers. You will also help pioneer how we apply generative AI to open-source library security. Few teams let an SDE ship code this foundational: it runs on effectively every AWS service, ships to open-source partners, and has to be both correct and fast.

Key job responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, and maintain cryptographic functionality in AWS-LC and related libraries used across Amazon and by external open-source consumers.
• Own features end to end, from design through code review, testing, release, and operational support, on a codebase where correctness is non-negotiable.
• Build and apply generative-AI tooling to open-source library security, including automated CVE backports, vulnerability triage, and code review at scale.
• Raise the bar on code quality, test coverage, and engineering practices for a security-critical, widely deployed codebase.
• Collaborate with Applied Scientists, security engineers, and partner teams (AWS services and open-source consumers) to land changes safely at scale.

A day in the life

You pick up a feature or fix that will ship into a library running on effectively every AWS service. You work through the design with teammates, write and test the implementation, and put it through rigorous code review. Alongside feature work, you improve the automation that keeps our many release branches secure, including AI-assisted tooling for backporting fixes and triaging vulnerabilities. Your changes are validated for FIPS and backed by formal verification, so you operate at a correctness bar most engineers never encounter.

About the team

ACL owns AWS-LC (Amazon's FIPS-validated libcrypto), the Amazon Corretto Crypto Provider (ACCP), and managed third-party cryptographic libraries. Our software is the cryptographic foundation under nearly every AWS service and a growing set of external open-source projects. We partner closely with Amazon's Automated Reasoning Group on formal verification and with Applied Scientists who own algorithm-level and assembly performance work, so engineers on the team get both enormous reach and deep technical depth.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Knowledge of system performance, memory management, and parallel computing principles
• Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Rust, Python, Java, C, C++, or C# including object-oriented design

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Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Rust, Python, Java, C, C++, or C# including object-oriented design

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSU). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

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