Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Security Data Engineering

Amazon • San Diego, CA

5h

About The Position

As a Software Development Engineer on the Amazon Security Data Engineering
(ASDE) organization's Data Access team, you will develop software features and
applications that empower security engineers to query and analyze
security-relevant data at petabyte scale. Your work will directly support
critical security functions including Threat Detection, Threat Hunting, and
Incident Response.

The Amazon Security Data Engineering Data Access team builds infrastructure
enabling security engineers to query petabyte-scale data effectively. Our
vision: "Provide secure, foundational data access and querying services to
Amazon Security, enabling teams to analyze petabyte-scale datasets safely, with
minimal cognitive load and optimal cost efficiency." We combine expertise in
Apache Spark, Trino, and Iceberg with security domain knowledge to support
security functions like Threat Detection, Hunting, and Incident Response teams.
You'll collaborate with security professionals to understand their needs while
designing solutions that strengthen Amazon's security posture.

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.

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

Requirements

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 3+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 3+ 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
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

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 implement scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in production environment
• Develop software features for data querying capabilities, scheduled job processing, and data discovery functionality at scale
• Build data-intensive applications using big data frameworks like Apache Spark, Trino, and Iceberg
• Collaborate with security domain experts to translate analytical requirements into well-designed software solutions
• Continuously improve code quality, development processes, and full-stack software practicess
• Contribute to technical documentation for knowledge sharing
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance
• Participate in on-call rotations to support production systems

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