Software Development Engineer, Security Communications

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC seeks an experienced Software Development Engineer to design, develop, and operate software systems powering SecComms workflows, automation, and integrations at scale. You will work with security engineers, program managers, and communications professionals to deliver scalable, reliable security communications tooling.

The role emphasizes engineering rigor, customer outcomes, and ownership of production services with appropriate monitoring and on-call readiness across a

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.
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience.
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver software features and improvements spanning the full lifecycle - including scoping, architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance - for major portions of the SecComms platform.
• Work backwards from customer and stakeholder needs to define requirements and translate them into well-designed, maintainable software solutions.
• Design cohesive software implementations for difficult problems with visible risks or roadblocks; bring clarity to ambiguous requirements and identify simple, extensible designs.
• Balance constraints across new feature development, technical debt, and operational reliability; limit short-term workarounds in favor of sustainable solutions.
• Produce high-quality, well-tested, documented code that adheres to the Amazon Code Bar and can be maintained and extended by teammates who did not author it.
• Demonstrate operational excellence in all work; own and operate production services with appropriate alarms, telemetry, runbooks, and on-call response.
• Actively participate in operational support; identify and resolve the root causes of operational issues rather than accepting the status quo.
• Routinely identify and execute on opportunities to improve team operational processes, automation, and tooling - do not settle for operational friction when it can be eliminated.
• Ensure that software failures are addressed with permanent fixes; avoid recurring incidents by addressing systemic causes.
• Work closely with security engineers, program managers, communications leads, and partner teams to understand the business and customer value of your software.
• Operate effectively across team and organizational boundaries; collaborate with adjacent teams in an inclusive and constructive manner when integrations, dependencies, or shared priorities arise.
• Balance customer requirements with team requirements; make effective priority tradeoffs between feature development and operational work.
• Communicate clearly and proactively about work in progress, technical decisions, blockers, and scope changes to all relevant stakeholders - both technical and non-technical.
• Actively mentor engineers on the team; provide substantive, constructive code review feedback to peers including more senior engineers.
• Train new team members on how the SecComms software is constructed, tested, operated, and secured - and how it fits into the broader Amazon Security architecture.
• Document what the team’s software does, how it is constructed, and how it connects to the bigger picture; keep documentation current as systems evolve.
• Seek feedback actively and early; incorporate feedback into designs and implementations to continuously raise the engineering bar.
• Evaluate and apply industry innovations - new tools, design patterns, and AWS capabilities - where they improve team outcomes.

Skills

Software development experience

Object Oriented Design

Multi-threaded/Distributed systems

C#, C++, Java, or Perl

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC seeks an experienced Software Development Engineer to design, develop, and operate software systems powering SecComms workflows, automation, and integrations at scale. You will work with security engineers, program managers, and communications professionals to deliver scalable, reliable security communications tooling.

The role emphasizes engineering rigor, customer outcomes, and ownership of production services with appropriate monitoring and on-call readiness across a