Senior Software Development Engineer

Who you are

• 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

• 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