Software Development Engineer II, Infrastructure Security-HLS

Amazon; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) InfraSec‑HLS Software Development Engineer II will join a team responsible for building, maintaining, and scaling software that secures hardware across global datacenters. You will work with software and security engineers to raise the bar and deliver innovative security solutions in a highly dynamic environment.

The role emphasizes ownership, accountability, and collaboration to protect devices that form the foundation of AWS cloud services.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non‑internship design or architecture of new and existing systems.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross‑functional Amazonians to conceive and deliver new products.
• Design and build technologies in a large distributed computing environment.
• Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems at scale.
• Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable and maintainable.
• Design and code right solutions starting from broadly defined problems.
• Work in an agile environment to deliver high‑quality software.
• On‑call rotation to support services owned by the Software team.
• Peer code reviews.

Skills

Software development

Architecture design

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Job description

Description

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we provide world‑class, flexible, scalable, and secure cloud services to the world’s fastest‑growing startups, the largest enterprises, and leading government agencies. We do this by building, maintaining, and securing one of the largest, most complex networks in the world. Within AWS, the Infrastructure Security Organization – Hardware Lifecycle Security (InfraSec‑HLS) team is responsible for validating the devices and components within them throughout the hardware lifecycle across global AWS datacenters.

The AWS InfraSec‑HLS team is seeking a Software Development Engineer II to join our Infrastructure Security‑HLS Software Development team. In this role, you will be responsible for building, maintaining, and scaling the software solutions that support the security of our devices that form the foundation of our cloud. You will work with Software Development Engineers, Security Engineers, and Software Development Manager, in raising the bar and elevating InfraSec‑HLS’s software capabilities by developing innovative solutions to complicated problems. Successful candidates will possess an entrepreneurial spirit and passion for their work. They will be self‑motivated and comfortable setting their own direction in an always‑changing and highly‑complex environment.

AWS leads and innovates. We don’t just buy off‑the‑shelf software or follow others. We research and pursue the best approach for the business, whether that’s building new solutions or leveraging existing ones. Amazon Web Services, and the Infrastructure Security Organization in particular, operate at massive scale and as a result, demand the highest standards, passion, and discipline for information security and software engineering. A high level of ownership and accountability is a must for this role.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with experienced cross‑disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring innovative products and services to market.
• Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment, and help lead fundamental changes in the industry.
• Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed.
• Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault‑tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use.
• Ability to design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.
• Work in an agile environment to deliver high‑quality software.
• On‑call rotation to support the services owned by the Software team.
• Peer code reviews.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non‑internship design or architecture of new and existing systems
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent

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