Software Development Engineer, Amazon

• Exhibits excellent judgment
• Has relentlessly high standards (is never satisfied with the status quo)
• Is able to dive deep and is never out of touch with the details of the business or the technology
• Expects and requires innovation of their team
• Has passion and convictions and the innate ability to inspire passion in others
• Strong results orientation
• Thinks big
• Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply
• Experience in development in the last 3 years, or experience in professional, non-internship software development
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Successful applicants must have the legal right to work in Ireland
• 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

Desirable

• 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. Amazon Security Platform Engineering provides the tools that allow Amazon to secure the cloud, our employees, and our customers
• At Amazon Security, we hire the best minds in technology to innovate and build on behalf of our customers. The focus we have on our customers is why we are one of the world’s most beloved brands – customer obsession is part of our company DNA
• Amazon Security is a multidisciplinary team comprised of software engineers, security engineers, program managers, data engineers, and compliance specialists. If you are looking for an opportunity to think big, invent, experiment, build, and have a material impact on cloud security and compliance, this is it
• AWS Security Operations Centre (SOC) Software Engineering team builds and owns services that automate and power security processes within Amazon. As an SDE on the SOC Software Engineering team, your role is pivotal in maintaining the robust and innovative solutions of our team. The team You will work on complex challenges in existing and new development initiatives, focusing on areas with ambiguity. Your goal is to design and develop software systems that are secure, maintainable, scalable, and extendable. You will develop an understanding of the business impact of your systems and make responsible trade-offs between the short-term operational needs and long-term business objectives
• Write high-quality, efficient, and testable production code
• Build highly available, secure distributed systems at Amazon scale
• Be an end-to-end technical owner of the services you build, including development, testing and support
• Make a direct contribution to planning, design, implementation, testing, operations, and process improvement as a member of an Agile team
• Be part of growing, tight-knit team within a wider community of experienced and knowledgeable engineers