Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Privacy Services

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Software Development Engineer II to join their Privacy Services team in Seattle. This role involves building scalable privacy-preserving systems and collaborating across teams to implement critical privacy controls. Ideal candidates will have strong experience in distributed systems and a passion for protecting customer data.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience.
• Experience programming with at least one language.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain privacy-preserving services.
• Implement and integrate privacy controls across systems.
• Ensure high performance and reliability of solutions.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Low-latency services

High-throughput data processing

Scalable system architectures

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Privacy Services

Job ID: 2982481 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Do you want to help build and scale privacy-preserving systems that impact millions of customers worldwide? Are you passionate about protecting customer data while solving complex distributed systems challenges? We're looking for talented engineers to join Amazon Privacy Services, where we build and operate critical privacy infrastructure at massive scale.

Our team designs and implements privacy-preserving services that are fundamental to Amazon's operations. We work on systems that must maintain exceptional performance while processing enormous volumes of data. The services we build are business-critical infrastructure, requiring innovative solutions to unique challenges in distributed systems, low-latency processing, and high-throughput data handling.

In this role, you'll work on:
- Building scalable privacy-preserving architectures that operate at Amazon scale
- Implementing privacy controls and protections across large distributed systems
- Designing and optimizing high-performance systems that process massive data volumes
- Collaborating with teams across Amazon to integrate privacy solutions

You'll be joining a team that values both technical excellence and work-life balance. We emphasize collaboration and teamwork while working on some of the most impactful privacy engineering challenges in the industry. Our work directly contributes to maintaining customer trust and ensuring data protection across Amazon's global operations.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience with:
- Distributed systems design and implementation
- Building and optimizing low-latency services
- Developing solutions for high-throughput data processing
- Creating resilient and scalable system architectures


Key job responsibilities
As part of our team, you'll design, build and maintain privacy-preserving services that operate at Amazon scale. You'll work closely with teams across the company to implement and integrate privacy controls and protections, while ensuring our systems maintain high performance and reliability. Your solutions will help us continue to innovate in privacy engineering while meeting the demands of our growing business. You should be able to quickly adapt to new development environments, learn new systems, create reliable and maintainable code, and find creative and scalable solutions to difficult problems.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

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

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

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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