Software Development Engineer II - Hardware Lifecycle Security, AWS Infrastructure Security - Hardware Security

Amazon • Herndon, VA

7d • $143,700 - $194,400 • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides world-class, flexible, scalable, and secure cloud services. The Infrastructure Security Organization, Hardware Lifecycle Security (InfraSec-HLS) team within AWS is responsible for the trust stream for network devices, from manufacturing through deployment, ensuring only verified and trusted devices participate in the AWS network. This role involves designing, building, and operating the software that secures devices across the AWS network. The engineer will own features end-to-end, mentor other engineers, help new team members, and drive better operational practices. The role requires someone who can work autonomously on problems where the goal is clear but the path is not, making design decisions, balancing short-term needs against long-term health, and shipping maintainable software.

Requirements

• 3+ 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
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
• 1+ 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
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design 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
• Experience delivering software end-to-end in production.
• Ability to design solutions when the implementation isn't handed to you.
• Track record of fixing systemic issues, not just symptoms.
• Experience helping other engineers grow.
• Preference for durable solutions over quick fixes.
• Familiarity with distributed systems, security, or infrastructure engineering.
• Judgment on when to push forward alone and when to pull others in.

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

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver software features spanning major portions of the team's systems, including new development, refactoring, and deprecation.
• Own the full software development lifecycle: scoping, design, implementation, testing, deployment, operations, and documentation.
• Identify root causes of operational issues and resolve them with permanent fixes.
• Provide meaningful code review feedback to peers, including those more senior, and use review as a coaching mechanism.
• Document how your team's software is constructed, tested, operated, and secured, and train new team members on these points.
• Work with customers, stakeholders, and peers to understand business and customer value and ensure you deliver the right solutions.
• Make priority tradeoffs between new feature development and operational work.
• Resolve disagreements with peers through constructive dialogue.
• On-call rotation to support the services owned by the team.

Benefits

• Sign-on payments
• Restricted stock units (RSUs)
• 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