Sr. Software Dev Engineer, AI Security

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

We are looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer who thrives at the
forefront of technology, science, and security to join Artificial Intelligence
Security (AISec), working with teams across Amazon to accelerate delivery of
spectacular, safe, secure, models, agents, and applications.

You dive deep into of details of business, operations, and engineering. You are
a deeply-technical, detail-oriented leader who can build and grow organizations
and other leaders. Our team culture encourages innovation and we expect builders
and managers deeply own vision, strategy, and execution. You will have the
opportunity to engage with technologies that are actively being developed. In
addition to engineering teams, you will work directly with infrastructure and
partner service teams.

You are proactive in removing roadblocks, pave the way for innovation, and can
handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. You will be a
positive influencer across diverse teams, be able to effectively rally support
for your initiatives, and be able to help deeply technical teams create simple solutions to meet your
program goals.
You are able to handle business escalations with a data-driven approach.

In Amazon Security, we’re growing rapidly and we need leaders that can grow and
scale their organizations at a rapid pace. You’ll also need strong judgment. Our leaders
demonstrate ownership and autonomy so they need to be right a lot. You will have
to be obsessed with delivering the most customer-centric experience for security
engineering on the planet. Finally, you’ll need to be able to invent and
simplify which is what we do every day on Amazon service teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

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

• Building a massively scalable global security service that is core to all Amazon services.
• Owning the definition of best practices for the software development lifecycle used by junior engineers, including its design, implementation, testing, and operational characteristics.
• Working as part of cross-functional teams to develop secure solutions for our customers.
• Owning the technology stack for one of the most secure and reliable services in all of Amazon.
• Serve as a technical lead on our most demanding, cross-functional projects.
• Ensure the quality of architecture and design of systems.
• Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions.
• Fully and completely understand system interdependencies and limitations.
• Possess expert knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices.
• Leverage knowledge of internal and industry prior art in design decisions.
• Effectively research and benchmark Amazon technology against other competing systems in the industry.

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