Sr Software Development Engineer, Shield (Anti-DDoS)

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon's Shield team within AWS Infrastructure Services seeks engineers to design, build, and operate internet-scale distributed systems that defend AWS infrastructure and millions of customers from sophisticated DDoS attacks. You will architect high-throughput systems, drive scalable mitigations, and guide decisions balancing scale, speed, and reliability in a global cloud platform.

Strong collaboration with software, hardware, and security experts is essential as you own critical security

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one language.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and operation of internet-scale distributed systems that defend AWS infrastructure and millions of customers from sophisticated DDoS attacks.
• Architect and build high-throughput systems that process and protect traffic representing a substantial portion of global internet activity.
• Drive technical solutions for scaling challenges that few engineering teams ever encounter—handling traffic volumes and attack patterns at the boundaries of distributed systems design.
• Design creative, forward-looking mitigations in an ambiguous, fast-moving threat landscape where attacks evolve daily and solutions must anticipate what doesn't yet exist.
• Own high-stakes engineering decisions that balance massive scale, rapid iteration, and effective mitigation while ensuring customer traffic flows safely and reliably.
• Mentor and raise the bar for engineering excellence across the team through code reviews, architecture guidance, and technical leadership.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams of software, hardware, network engineers, and security experts to deliver the highest standards of perimeter protection.
• Drive operational excellence and reliability for systems defending some of the world's most critical cloud infrastructure

Skills

Software development

Programming languages

Mentor / tech lead

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job 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.

Join Shield, AWS's defense team within Perimeter Protection. We stand at the forefront of protecting AWS infrastructure and millions of customers from sophisticated attacks across the internet. Our mission is critical: safeguard the cloud infrastructure that powers a significant portion of the modern internet.

What Makes This Role Exciting:

• Internet-Scale Impact: Process and protect traffic representing a substantial portion of global internet activity. The systems you build will defend some of the world's most critical infrastructure.
• Scaling Challenges: Work on problems that few engineering teams ever encounter. Handle traffic volumes and attack patterns that push the boundaries of distributed systems design.
• Creative Problem Solving: Operate in an ambiguous, fast-moving space where the threat landscape evolves daily. Your creativity and adaptability will be your greatest assets as you design solutions for attacks that don't exist yet.
• High-Stakes Engineering: Balance competing priorities - massive scale, rapid iteration, effective mitigation - while ensuring customer traffic flows safely and reliably. Every decision matters.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and operation of internet-scale distributed systems that defend AWS infrastructure and millions of customers from sophisticated DDoS attacks
• Architect and build high-throughput systems that process and protect traffic representing a substantial portion of global internet activity
• Drive technical solutions for scaling challenges that few engineering teams ever encounter—handling traffic volumes and attack patterns at the boundaries of distributed systems design
• Design creative, forward-looking mitigations in an ambiguous, fast-moving threat landscape where attacks evolve daily and solutions must anticipate what doesn't yet exist
• Own high-stakes engineering decisions that balance massive scale, rapid iteration, and effective mitigation while ensuring customer traffic flows safely and reliably
• Mentor and raise the bar for engineering excellence across the team through code reviews, architecture guidance, and technical leadership
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams of software, hardware, network engineers, and security experts to deliver the highest standards of perimeter protection
• Drive operational excellence and reliability for systems defending some of the world's most critical cloud infrastructure

About the team

AWS Shield is part of AWS Infrastructure Services which 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.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ 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
• 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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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.

USA, WA, Seattle - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually