Software Development Engineer III, Devices & Services Security

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking team at a leading tech company, where you will play a crucial role in enhancing customer security experiences across a range of innovative devices. As a Software Development Engineer III, you will design and implement robust security solutions, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with product managers to bring visionary ideas to life. This role offers the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, directly impacting customer satisfaction and driving the success of high-profile products. If you are passionate about software development and eager to tackle complex challenges, this is the perfect opportunity to make your mark.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience and proficiency in programming languages.
• Experience leading design and mentoring engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop security tooling for Amazon devices.
• Mentor junior engineers and ensure best practices in development.

Skills

Software Development

Technical Problem Solving

Agile Development

Mentoring

Design Patterns

Communication Skills

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Source Control Management

Build Processes

Job description

Software Development Engineer III, Devices & Services Security

Job ID: 2872415 | Amazon.com Services LLC

The Amazon Devices and Services team designs and engineers high-profile devices and consumer experiences including the best-selling Kindle family of products, offerings such as Amazon Photos and innovative devices like Amazon Echo, Fire tablets, Amazon Fire TV, Echo Show, Echo Spot. How will you help us build software tooling to secure customer experiences and data?

Amazon Devices & Services Trust and Security is looking for a strong software development engineer to design, develop, test, troubleshoot, triage, debug, deploy, maintain, document, and deliver large-scale, highly distributed innovative solutions for securing web applications and services that enable amazing customer experiences on Amazon devices at scale. You will own the design of major security tooling, infrastructure, define development roadmaps, own key deliverables and have opportunities to build them from scratch. You will lead and mentor other talented engineers. You will be responsible for building the best customer experience, keeping latency, security, and usability in mind. You will interact with Product Managers and Designers and convert their vision into a technical solution. You will collaborate with other Software Engineers to guide the team on development best practices and set examples by using them in solutions that you build. This is a high visibility and fast-paced environment where you will make a direct impact on the customer experience and the bottom line of the company. We have ambitious goals to build high impact tooling and to delight our customers with a great product.

Key job responsibilities

1. Gather and analyze business and functional requirements, and translate business requirements into technical design specifications.
2. Write high-quality, efficient, testable code and recommend improvements in development, maintenance, and system standards, and contribute to software documentation.
3. Be responsible for technical problem solving, meeting product objectives, and developing best practices.
4. Track and report on metrics which are key performance indicators, allowing performance improvements so that the desired outcomes are achieved to plan and in a timely manner.
5. Serve as an essential technical resource in the full development cycle.
6. Mentor junior team members in career growth.
7. Work in an agile development environment.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 7+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.
• Master's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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