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Software Development Engineer II, AWS Security

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Herndon, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/3/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/8/2025
Description

This position is located in Herndon, VA. AWS Security is looking for a Software Development Engineer (SDE) who is excited about designing and building services that solve complex, ambiguous problems at the scale of the entire AWS cloud. Our team owns security solutions that are used by the entire company. An SDE on the team will design and develop highly scalable and available services from end-to-end. They will raise the bar for quality and delivery through mentorship of other engineers on the team. This is a highly visible role within a highly visible program at AWS and is one which provides significant opportunity to think big and deliver secure solutions for our customers.

Key job responsibilities

As a member of the team you will be building on AWS for AWS. The team of engineers you will be joining is investing heavily in cloud-native and containerized technologies and has a strong focus on designing architectures which use purpose-driven compute and storage solutions that solve complex problems. We also own all parts of our service from beginning to end, including data pipelines and processing, analytics, and the interfaces our customers use, and we place a high value on collaboration and imagination in defining and creating our solutions. Therefore, you will have considerable opportunities to Learn and Be Curious and Invent and Simplify while Delivering Results that have an impact for customers across all of AWS.

A day in the life

SDEs on the team design and deliver software solutions to difficult problems. They create working software which delivers simple solutions to complex problems, from prototype through delivery. You will perform meaningful and timely code reviews while coaching and mentoring other members of the team. You will also regularly collaborate with team members to identify process improvements and define and communicate best practices

Basic Qualifications

  • 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 2 years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
  • Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

  • 3 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

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.


Company - Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Job ID: A2895648

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