Amazon.com Services LLC

Technology

SoftwareDevelopmentEngineerII-ThreatIntelligenceSystems

$129–224k Arlington, Virginia, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Software Development Engineer II - Threat Intelligence Systems at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Threat Intelligence, Distributed Systems, Security Engineering. Architect critical components. Make key technical decisions”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshooting; Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

On-call rotation

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3+ years software development experience, 2+ years system design/architecture experience, 1+ years software development engineer experience, 1+ years designing distributed software applications, 1+ years Object Oriented Design experience, Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent, Programming with at least one language, US citizenship required

Nice to Have

Experience with threat intelligence platforms, Experience with graph databases, Experience with graph query languages, Knowledge of malware analysis systems, Knowledge of security automation, Experience with Amazon Cloud Development Kit

What You'll Do.

Architect critical components

Make key technical decisions

Design distributed systems

Implement distributed systems

Lead development of service-oriented architectures

Integrate threat intelligence workflows

Drive technical decisions

Own software development lifecycle

Mentor junior engineers

Partner with analysts

Translate requirements to solutions

Build intelligence tooling

Handle production incidents

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with threat intelligence analysts; Cross-functional collaboration; Information sharing

Process & Methodology

Software development lifecycle

Full Job Description

The Amazon Cyber Threat Intelligence (ACTI) organization is responsible for investigating, analyzing, and defending against sophisticated cyber threats targeting Amazon's global businesses and customers. ACTI combines technical expertise, strategic analysis, and advanced tooling to identify emerging threats, track adversary activities, and provide actionable intelligence across Amazon's security ecosystem. As a Software Development Engineer within ACTI Engineering, you will architect and lead the development of mission-critical distributed systems that power Amazon's threat intelligence capabilities. You will make key technical decisions that shape our platform's architecture, designing scalable solutions that process, analyze, and correlate vast amounts of security data across Amazon's global infrastructure. Your technical leadership will directly influence ACTI's ability to detect, analyze, and respond to emerging security threats at scale. US citizenship is required for this position. Key job responsibilities * Own and architect critical components of ACTI's threat intelligence platforms, making key technical decisions that impact system scalability, performance, and reliability * Design and implement distributed systems that process petabytes of security data * Lead the development of service-oriented architectures that integrate complex threat intelligence workflows * Drive technical decisions around data modeling, storage solutions, and processing frameworks * Own the full software development lifecycle, from design through deployment and operational excellence * Mentor junior engineers on system design, coding practices, and architectural patterns * Partner with threat intelligence analysts to translate complex requirements into scalable technical solutions * Building some of the largest scale intelligence tooling on earth to defend against evolving security threats * Production incidents and being part of an on-call rotation Technical Requirements: * Strong

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