Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon
Security Automation - AWS Security OpRes
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Be an early applicant
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent work experience
- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
- Extensive experience in designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Programming experience with at least one software programming language- Java, Python, or TypeScript
- Experience as a tech lead OR leading an engineering team
- This role requires you to be a national of an EU member state
- PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Desirable
- Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Experience in prototyping quickly new systems and solutions
- Experience developing using SQL and NoSQL databases
- Experience in Cloud Technologies
What the job involves
- Amazon Security OpRes 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 Senior Software 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
- As a senior member of our team, you will not only craft robust, efficient, and user-friendly applications but also mentor junior developers and lead technical projects
- While experience in security is a plus, it's not required
- What truly matters is your ability to design and implement sophisticated systems, leveraging your strong background in modern software development practices, technologies such as AWS services, Python, TypeScript, and data engineering tools
- Join our team and contribute to platforms that fortify Amazon's security posture and safeguard our customers' environments, while guiding and inspiring the next generation of developers
Our take
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Jeff Bezos
(Founder & Executive Chairman)Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.
Andy Jassy
(President & CEO)Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job
View 200 more jobs at Amazon