Software Development Engineer, NextGen Security Automation

Amazon • Austin, TX

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About The Position

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. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate
their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas
including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and
physical stores.

The NextGen Security Automation team is looking for a skilled and driven
Software Development Engineer (SDE II) to build autonomous security solutions
that protect Amazon’s customers. As an SDE II, you will leverage AI/ML
technologies to automate detection, analysis, and response across proactive,
offensive, and defensive security at scale. Your work will directly enhance
Amazon’s security posture by improving detection capabilities, strengthening
guardrails, and advancing automated security tools.

Your day kicks off sipping your morning coffee while diving into the future of
autonomous security at Amazon. You're not just coding - you're architecting
intelligent systems that drive proactive, offensive, and defensive security at
Amazon scale. Working alongside top security engineers and scientists, you're
building automated systems that will protect millions of customers across one of
the world's largest tech ecosystems. Every line of code you write helps
safeguard Amazon's vast digital landscape. It’s a fast-paced environment where
you’ll work with advanced technology to build security solutions that protect
millions of Amazon customers.

The NextGen Security Automation team builds AI-driven security solutions that
protect millions of Amazon customers while ensuring strong data governance. We
thrive on innovation, collaboration, and solving complex security challenges at
scale. DEI is central to our work - we believe diverse perspectives drive
stronger solutions. With a focus on automation and intelligence, we push
boundaries to keep Amazon’s customers and their data secure.

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.

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. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate
their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas
including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and
physical stores.

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the
expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of
our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home,
there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI
events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace
our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we
seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s
Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and
other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded
professional.

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 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

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
• Experience with Cloud services such as Lambda, Bedrock, and SageMaker
• Experience building and integrating AI/ML-driven applications

Responsibilities

• Design and develop AI/ML-driven security automation systems to detect and mitigate threats at scale.
• Build and maintain scalable applications that enable real-time threat detection and response.
• Collaborate with security teams to enhance existing security practices, guardrails, and tooling.
• Develop automated detection systems integrated into Amazon’s security infrastructure.
• Research and prototype new security solutions, evaluating design approaches for technical feasibility.

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