Software Development Engineer, SBS Proactive Security

The Amazon's Specialized Business Security core Proactive Security team designs and engineers security products to protect high‑profile devices and consumer experiences including the best-selling Kindle family of products, offerings such as Amazon Photos and devices like Amazon Echo, Fire tablets, Amazon Fire TV, Echo Show, Echo Spot. How will you help us build software tooling to secure customer experiences and data?

We are looking for a strong software development engineer to design, develop, test, troubleshoot, triage, debug, deploy, maintain, document, and deliver large‑scale, highly distributed innovative solutions for securing web applications and services that enable amazing customer experiences on Amazon devices  will own the design of major security tooling, infrastructure, define development roadmaps, own key deliverables and have opportunities to build them from scratch.

You will lead and mentor other talented engineers. You will be responsible for building the best customer experience, keeping latency, security, and usability in mind. You will interact with Product Managers and Designers and convert their vision into a technical solution. You will collaborate with other Software Engineers to guide the team on development best practices and set examples by using them in solutions that you build.

This is a high visibility and fast‑paced environment where you will make a direct impact on the customer experience and the bottom line of the company. We have ambitious goals to build high impact tooling and to delight our customers with a great product.

High‑level responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:

• Gather and analyze business and functional requirements, and translate business requirements into technical design specifications.
• Write high‑quality, efficient, testable code and recommend improvements in development, maintenance, and system standards, and contribute to software documentation.
• Design, develop and deploy medium to large software solutions.
• Be responsible for technical problem solving, meeting product objectives, and developing best practices.
• Serve as an essential technical resource in the full development cycle.
• Mentor junior team members technically.
• Work in an agile development environment.

SBS Proactive Security team focuses on a mission of preventing security vulnerabilities from occurring in the first place, thus making security as proactive rather than reactive. We leverage GenAIs and LLMs to learn and identify vulnerabilities and risks associated at granularity of applications, resources, etc. and guide Businesses with insights to prevent them.

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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.

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.

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