Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Technology

SeniorSoftwareDevelopmentEngineer,AWSIAMControlPlane

$168–227k Seattle, Washington, United States FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS IAM Control Plane at Amazon Web Services, Inc.. Skills: IAM, Security, Cloud. Lead design and implementation of security improvements. Identify and drive investments”

What You'll Achieve.

Enable AWS customers to run workloads confidently; Enable AWS customers to run workloads securely; Give customers state-of-the-art controls

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Resolve root cause of defects

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years professional software development, 5+ years programming experience, 5+ years leading design or architecture, Experience as a mentor, Experience as a tech lead, Experience leading an engineering team

Nice to Have

5+ years full software development life cycle, Coding standards experience, Code reviews experience, Source control management experience, Build processes experience, Testing experience, Operations experience

What You'll Do.

Lead design and implementation of security improvements

Identify and drive investments

Reduce risk across surfaces

Partner with security teams

Partner with applied science teams

Partner with service teams

Define technical initiatives

Prioritize technical initiatives

Deliver production systems

Operate systems at AWS scale

Conduct design reviews

Ensure operational excellence

Design and code solutions

Drive efficiencies in software architecture

Resolve root cause of defects

Build high-impact solutions

Participate in design discussions

Participate in code review

Communicate with stakeholders

Work cross-functionally

Drive business decisions

Provide technical input

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with security teams; Partner with applied science teams; Partner with service teams; Work cross-functionally

Communication Scope

Communicate with stakeholders

Full Job Description

At Amazon Web Services Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM) we build, operate, and innovate the identity management, authentication, and authorization stack for the AWS cloud. Our mission is to push the technical boundaries to enable AWS customers to run their business workloads confidently and securely. As part of this mission, we Think Big and Dive Deep as we leverage technology to give customers state-of-the-art controls to manage access across all their AWS environments. At IAM, we operate one of the largest distributed systems in the world, which processes tens of millions of transactions per second. With the growth of AWS, the customer workloads and access patterns keep evolving, demanding the next order of magnitude scalability. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the team behind foundational IAM functionality. Key job responsibilities - Lead the design and implementation of foundational security improvements across IAM services - Identify and drive investments that proactively reduce risk across authentication and authorization surfaces - Partner with security, applied science, and service teams to define and prioritize high-judgment technical initiatives - Deliver production systems that operate at AWS scale with the highest availability and correctness requirements - Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar through design reviews, code reviews, and operational excellence A day in the life As you design and code solutions to help our team drive efficiencies in software architecture, you’ll create metrics, implement automation and other improvements, and resolve the root cause of software defects. You’ll also: * Build high-impact solutions to deliver to our large customer base. * Participate in design discussions, code review, and communicate with internal and external stakeholders. * Work cross-functionally to help drive business decisions with your technical input. * Work in a fast-paced development environment, where you’re alway

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