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Amazon Sr Software Dev Engineer (SDE) - Security, PARTS, AWS in Herndon, Virginia
Description
This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen.
Amazon Security customers demand the highest quality and reliability for their services. We continuously strive to simplify and scale security operations while resolving complex issues. We are looking for highly motivated Software Developers to help build and scale security incident response platforms and tooling across the largest cloud provider in the world.
Amazon Security PARTS is a team of Security Engineers and Software Development Engineers dedicated to enhancing security incident response through automation and innovation. Our mission involves optimizing existing processes while pioneering new solutions. We maintain and improve production services, developing advanced capabilities to streamline incident response workflows. Simultaneously, we undertake long-term innovation projects, working backwards from customer needs, analyzing data, and prototyping disruptive solutions with leadership oversight.
Leveraging modern technologies and Amazon's robust services, we empower our security response teams with productivity-boosting tools. At a massive scale, we build innovative platforms that fortify Amazon's security. Through continuous improvement and customer-centric innovation, we redefine the boundaries of security automation, ensuring a resilient and secure future for all.
You are a Software Developer Engineer who thrives on delivering innovative solutions that solve complex business problems and delight customers with efficiency and productivity gains. Your passion lies in building scalable, high-quality software that drives real impact. While experience in security is a plus, it's not required. What truly matters is your ability to craft robust, efficient, and user-friendly tools and applications. You have a strong background in modern software development practices, leveraging technologies such as AWS services, Python, TypeScript, and data engineering tools. Join our team and contribute to novel platforms that fortify Amazon's security posture and safeguard our customers
As a senior member of our team, you focus on raising the bar in terms of best practices, operational excellence, and the overall delivery of complex mission systems. Additionally, you provide mentoring to junior developers and help bridge the gap between the strategy of the business and the tactical delivery of solutions.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why Amazon Security?
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.
Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.
Training & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
Mentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
Preferred Qualifications
5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
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