Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Technology

SeniorSoftwareDevelopmentEngineer,EngagementSecurity

$168–227k Herndon, Virginia, United States FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Senior Software Development Engineer, Engagement Security at Amazon Web Services, Inc.. Skills: Security services, Infrastructure development, AI/ML workloads. Design infrastructure and tooling. Implement infrastructure and tooling”

What You'll Achieve.

Reduce effort for secure results; Speed up security activities; Simplify security activities; Collect security data

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

On-call rotation

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

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

Nice to Have

5+ years full software development life cycle experience, Bachelor's degree in computer science

What You'll Do.

Design infrastructure and tooling

Implement infrastructure and tooling

Operate infrastructure and tooling

Build reliable infrastructure

Build scalable infrastructure

Maintain reliable infrastructure

Maintain scalable infrastructure

Leverage AI for services

Develop automation tools

Develop automation frameworks

Eliminate manual work

Own operational health

Improve system architecture

Improve operational excellence

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Security engineers; Machine learning engineers; Project managers; Other SDEs

Full Job Description

AWS Engagement Security (EngSec) enables AWS colleagues, partners, and contractors to meet AWS's high security bar when working with the public and our customers. We seek a Senior Software Development Engineer (SDE) to build and operate large-scale, distributed systems that power internal security services. You will lead the design, implementation, and operation of infrastructure and tooling that enable AWS teams to deliver for our customers while meeting our strict security requirements. This role includes supporting AI/ML workloads, including Large Language Model (LLM) applications. As an SDE, you will work closely with security engineers, machine learning engineers, project managers, and other SDEs. Your solutions will reduce the effort to deliver secure results, speed up and simplify security activities like code scanning and compliance analysis, and collect data about security to help AWS leaders make informed decisions. Key job responsibilities - Design, build, and maintain reliable, scalable infrastructure that leverages AI to deliver faster, more resilient services to customers. - Develop automation tools and frameworks to eliminate manual operational work - Mentor one or more developers on the team - Own the operational health of services, including monitoring, alerting, and incident response - Participate in on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 service availability - Collaborate with security and ML teams to improve system architecture and operational excellence A day in the life Software Development Engineers embody Amazon's Leadership Principles, particularly: - Ownership: Design for long-term operational health - Dive Deep: Leverage the AWS platform to its fullest - Invent and Simplify: Innovate ways to reduce operational complexity - Learn and Be Curious: Stay current with emerging technologies including AI/ML and LLMs - Are Right, A Lot: We uphold the security bar for a large number of diverse global teams. We must be right. - This role works from the offi

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