As a Security Software Development Engineer, you will design and build the services that codify the AWS security bar into automated, agentic evaluation at scale. You will drive operational excellence by creating the processes, architecture, and automation that make security assessment faster, more reliable, and measurable. You will work closely with internal customers across AWS, ensuring their security needs are addressed through systems that evaluate code and infrastructure continuously rather than through manual review.
You will provide critical support for the platform on an on-call rotation, performing research and data analysis to improve both the accuracy of our security signal and the efficiency of our operations. You will be integral to scaling agentic security: building evaluation engines, designing the architecture that handles AWS-scale throughput, and driving quality into the metrics we report so the team focuses on the work that delivers the best return.
Key job responsibilities
What you do. You design entire service pieces or cross-org architecture. You own team-level technical architecture, lead multi-engineer projects with clear delegation, and produce design documents that guide related teams. You make strategic technical decisions considering long-term evolution, not just immediate delivery, and you enable the team through architectural clarity and technical frameworks.
What you deliver.
- Service architecture with documented design decisions and a clear evolution path
- Multi-engineer project leadership with clean technical decomposition
- Design documents that become reference material for related teams
- Technical frameworks with cross-team adoption
- Strategic technical vision that influences the org roadmap
How you work.
- Design solutions under multiple conflicting constraints
- Lead multi-engineer projects (you architect, others implement)
- Produce written artifacts - design docs, API specs - that enable parallel work
- Make strategic technical decisions with long-term impact
- Build consensus across teams on contentious technical topics
Critical behaviors.
- Strategic technical vision - consider long-term evolution, not just immediate delivery.
- Decompose and delegate - break complex systems into components others can build independently.
- Produce design documents - every major decision becomes a design doc others reference.
- Enable team velocity - measure success by the team's capability increase, not personal code volume, by improving the way the team works.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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.
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
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Seattle - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually
