Amazon.com Services LLC

Technology

SeniorSoftwareDevelopmentEngineer,AWSSecurity

$168–227k Seattle, Washington, United States FULL TIME
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS Security at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Cloud security, AI-powered automation, Data pipelines. Lead design of AI-powered security automation. Lead implementation of AI-powered security automation”

What You'll Achieve.

Reduce manual toil; Improve response times; Keep pace with AWS growth

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Diving deep into systems

Eligibility Requirements

On-call rotation

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years software development experience, 5+ years programming experience, 5+ years system design experience, Experience as a mentor, Experience as a tech lead, Experience leading an engineering team, Experience with Machine Learning fundamentals, Experience with Large Language Model fundamentals

Nice to Have

5+ years full SDLC experience, Bachelor's degree in computer science

What You'll Do.

Lead design of AI-powered security automation

Lead implementation of AI-powered security automation

Mentor engineers on the team

Develop engineers on the team

Raise technical bar through code reviews

Raise technical bar through pairing

Raise technical bar through hands-on guidance

Drive operational excellence for services

Support 24/7/365 security operations

Partner with security analysts

Partner with security engineers

Identify automation opportunities

Deliver tooling that reduces manual toil

Build scalable data pipelines

Build analytics solutions

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner closely with security analysts; Partner closely with security engineers

Full Job Description

At Amazon Security, we hire the best minds in technology to innovate and build on behalf of our customers. The focus we have on our customers is why we are one of the world’s most beloved brands – customer obsession is part of our company DNA. Amazon Security is a multidisciplinary team comprised of software engineers, security engineers, program managers, data engineers, and compliance specialists. If you are looking for an opportunity to think big, invent, experiment, build, and have a material impact on cloud security and compliance, this is it. We build and maintain the tooling and services that enable Security Operations to operate at scale. Our charter is to automate, innovate, and scale: reducing manual toil, improving response times, and giving security analysts the intelligent tooling they need to keep pace with AWS's growth. Our portfolio includes AI-powered incident response assistants, security issue management integrations, mass notification platforms, inbound email triage systems, and data analytics solutions. We are hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer to serve as the technical lead for the Gravemind team. You will own architecture decisions, drive design reviews, mentor engineers, and deliver on critical-path implementations. You will partner closely with security analysts who rely on your systems around the clock, and your technical judgment will shape how security automation scales across AWS. This role demands someone who can hold the full picture of a multi-service portfolio while diving deep into any one system when it matters. You will balance building AI-powered capabilities with operational rigor, because security operations never sleep and neither can the tooling that supports them. Key job responsibilities - Lead design and implementation of AI-powered security automation, including intelligent incident response and natural language-driven security workflows. - Mentor and develop engineers on the team. Raise the technical bar throu

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