Full Job Description
We're seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to join our AWS Vulnerability Management team, responsible for building and maintaining critical security services that help protect AWS customers and infrastructure. Our team is at the forefront of cloud security, developing innovative solutions to identify and mitigate security risks before they can be exploited.
You'll be handling complex challenges related to scaling vulnerability management across AWS's ever-growing infrastructure. This role offers the opportunity to build next-generation vulnerability management systems that operate at cloud scale and work directly with AWS service teams to integrate open source software security controls.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of Austin, TX USA
Key job responsibilities
Identifying technical requirements based on business goals and product direction, and translating those requirements into detailed architecture and design.
Executing multi-engineer, cross-team projects, and mentoring others on project management and prioritization.
Delivering quality projects and features on time and on budget.
Leading design reviews for the engineering team. Setting and driving technical best practices for the team.
Participating in the full lifecycle of day-to-day development activities, including prioritization, task breakdowns, writing design documents, design and code reviews, implementation, deployment, and operations.
Performing data analysis to identify opportunities to optimize our services.
Maintaining current technical knowledge to support rapidly changing technology, and working with management and the development team to bring in new technologies when appropriate.
A day in the life
During a regular day engineers with our team work across multiple organizations and multiple technologies to ensure the AWS maintains the correct security posture. We partner with the compliance and application security teams to identify and work through any potentially impactful issues. We also define and maintain highly scalable solutions built on AWS Services to improve the visibility and tracking of security exposures worldwide.
The AVM team has engineers in Seattle, Virginia(HQ2), Austin, and New York. We have a mix of both new and tenured engineers that all bring a unique aspect with them to any challenge. The team is made up of Software Development Engineers and Security Engineers all working together to ensure our solutions exceed the needs of our customers and are scalable.
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, TX, Austin - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually