Security Software Development Engineer , Abuse Prevention, Devices and Services Trust and Safety

Amazon • Austin, TX

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About The Position

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and
engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a
subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle
family of products. Since then, we have produced devices like Fire tablets, Fire
TV, Dash Button, Amazon Echo and Alexa. What will you help us create?

Are you passionate about security and eager to make a real impact? Join us as a
Software Development Engineer and play a critical role in safeguarding millions
of Amazon customers and their favorite devices, including Echo, Fire TV,
Tablets, and more.

In this role, you will design and implement backend security features that
protect our devices and stay ahead of emerging threats. You will also have the
opportunity to harness the power of machine learning by exploring innovative
techniques such as supervised and unsupervised learning, model optimization, and
LLM deployment to detect and neutralize malicious patterns. Beyond that, you
will develop scalable and robust backend web services that power data
collection, analysis, and real-time threat monitoring.

This is an opportuniy to work on products used by millions of customers
worldwide while collaborating with talented engineers in a fast-paced,
innovative environment. Every day, you will tackle complex security challenges
using new technologies and make a meaningful impact on customer trust and
safety.

If you thrive on solving problems, hold yourself to the highest engineering
standards, and want to shape the future of device security, we would love to
hear from you. Apply now and help us protect what matters most.

Requirements

• 5+ 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
• 2+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language
• 5+ years of server-side development experience

Nice To Haves

• 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

Responsibilities

• Build security detection mechanisms in our device software.
• Build backend services to process and enable client side abuse detection.
• Build tools and mechanisms to process device data at scale in order find anomalies and protect our device customers.
• Work in a fast paced team using Agile methodology.
• Embrace the use of AI to automate and ship faster.

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level