Software Development Engineer

Who you are

• Would you like to help implement novel approaches to how security engineers learn about the numerous Amazon applications. How about working with customers and peers from the entire range of Amazon's businesses on products that make a real difference in our Amazon Security goals?
• Whether you're passionate about building highly scalable and reliable systems in the cloud or a software developer who likes to solve interesting and complex business problems, Amazon Security has the challenges you are looking for
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
• Experience in professional, non-internship software development
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
• Experience leading the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
• Experience in development in the last 3 years
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

What the job involves

• Amazon Security is responsible for the protection of customer and corporate data. We are connected to all parts of Amazon's business and its massive, worldwide service-oriented architecture
• We are looking for a Software Development Engineers who are excited about leading the technical vision and architecture for innovative, mission critical software security systems that affect how Amazon developers create and deploy software that is secure and protects Amazon's and our customers data
• You will work with the leadership team to drive key engineering and business decisions that will automate portions of the pentest experience, driving security and builder efficiencies
• Your first mission is to work with this new team to understand opportunities, and rapidly define which opportunities to address first, then build and evaluate the solutions
• This will require rapid iteration with a variety of software and security teams
• Since our security systems are foundational to the Amazon ecosystem, you will also have the opportunity to learn about various Amazon business including the Amazon e-Commerce websites, Prime, Alexa, and AWS
• We're looking for a creative, customer- and details-obsessed Software Development Engineer with strong software engineering fundamentals (object-oriented design, algorithms and data structures) and a good grasp of advanced systems concepts and design
• You must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, be self-driven and be able to deliver high quality results in a fast-paced environment
• You need to enjoy working closely with your peers of very talented engineers
• You'll solve complex challenges by designing and implementing scalable solutions that protect Amazon's customers and systems. You'll work with security engineering teams to transform domain expertise into software that mitigates risks at unprecedented scale. In a typical day, you might:
• Develop code that reduces manual security processes by 50% or more, enabling our teams to respond faster and more effectively
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate intricate security requirements into elegant, high-performance software solutions
• Prototype and implement security tools that protect millions of customers and billions in transactions
• You'll work in an environment that values rapid innovation, where your ideas can move from concept to production in weeks, not months. Your work directly impacts Amazon's ability to maintain the highest standards of customer trust and system resilience
• Our team will work with local and international security teams to design a greenfield product that solves the complex problem of rapidly knowing critical security details about every Amazon application. This team of problem solvers is heavily customer obsessed with a leaning toward rapid prototyping and implementation