Threat Intelligence Systems SDE II — Scale & Security

Amazon

Arlington (VA)

On-site

USD 144,000 - 194,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Software Development Engineer within ACTI Engineering to architect mission-critical distributed systems powering threat intelligence capabilities. You will drive architectural decisions, design scalable data processing pipelines, and mentor engineers while collaborating with threat analysts.

The role requires strong Python and Typescript proficiency, experience with AWS, and a track record of leading technical projects at scale.

Qualifications

3+ years of non-internship software development experience.
2+ years of design or architecture (design patterns, reliability, scaling) experience.
1+ years building large-scale distributed applications and services.
Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Own and architect critical components of ACTI's threat intelligence platforms, ensuring scalability and reliability.
Design and implement distributed systems that process petabytes of security data.
Lead service-oriented architectures integrating threat intelligence workflows.
Drive data modeling, storage choices, and processing framework decisions.
Own the full software development lifecycle from design to deployment and operations.
Mentor junior engineers on system design, coding practices, and architecture.
Partner with analysts to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
Work on building large-scale intelligence tooling to defend against evolving threats.