Software Development Engineer - AWS Cryptography, AWS Encryption at Rest

Amazon • Seattle, WA

2d • $143,700 - $194,400 • Onsite

About The Position

AWS Encryption at Rest team helps AWS customers protect their sensitive data inside and outside of the cloud by building and maintaining easy to use, secure, open source encryption tools and libraries. We are looking for an experienced software developer with an interest in practical cryptography to join us in building the most secure and user-friendly tools available to help our customers protect their data and accelerate use of cryptography in all AWS services. You should have experience designing scalable, customer-centric systems and a passion for delivering secure software solutions. Along with senior leaders, principal engineers, and security specialists you will own delivering and supporting cryptographic tools and libraries used by internal and external customers around the world.

Requirements

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Knowledge of system performance, memory management, and parallel computing principles
• Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence

Nice To Haves

• 3+ 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
• Knowledge of Linux fundamentals
• Experience with development in a distributed systems environment
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Rust, Python, Java, C, C++, or C# including object-oriented design

Responsibilities

• Owning the complete software development lifecycle; defining, prioritizing, designing, testing, and implementing new features for AWS Cryptography
• Architecting and driving the end-to-end framework that enables internal teams to integrate seamlessly with encryption libraries.
• Delivering foundational libraries for one of the most secure and reliable services in all of AWS

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
• Education Level: Associate degree