
Software Development Engineer II, AWS Security SecDevOps
Herndon, VAJob$144–194K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
AWS Security SecDevOps builds internal security APIs, websites, tools, and a SOAR platform to support AWS Security Operations. The software development engineer will develop solutions that improve security response engineers’ productivity, working on systems that require scale, availability, and integration with other services. The team uses technologies including AWS, Java, TypeScript, React, Python, MongoDB, and SQL; security background is helpful but not required.
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Description
AWS Security SecDevOps is a team of world-class software development engineers responsible for shaping the future of internal security tooling within AWS Security. We build innovative technologies at massive scale to help keep AWS and our customers secure. As a software development engineer on this team you will leverage modern technologies and AWS services to empower AWS security response engineers to be more productive.
You are a software developer who likes to deliver software solutions that solve business problems and delight your customers with efficiency and productivity gains. You’ve got development experience with technologies like AWS, Java, TypeScript, React, Python, MongoDB, and SQL, though you don't need experience with all of those to start. You might be a front end developer, a back end developer, or a full stack engineer - our team is growing and we have several positions open. If you have some background in security that is helpful, but not required.
We are the AWS SecDevOps team. We build all of the APIs, websites, and tools for AWS Security Operations including a Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) platform. Our team tackles the most challenging internal development efforts within AWS Security - the ones which require massive scale, constant availability, and integration with numerous other services and tools. To help delight our customers we incorporate real-time collaboration features and use purpose-built databases, while maintaining close contact with our customers throughout the development process.
Location can be one of:
Seattle, WA
Arlington, VA
Herndon, VA
About the team
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.
Why Amazon Security?
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.
Inclusive Team Culture
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.
Training & Career Growth
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.
Work/Life Balance
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.
Basic Qualifications
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3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
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2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
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Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Preferred Qualifications
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3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
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Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .
USA, VA, Arlington - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Herndon - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
How this job compares
Set against the 1,386 open Software Development Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$144–194K/yr
- Virginia median$144–194K/yr113 salary ranges
- US median$144–194K/yr1,267 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $169K, is close to the Virginia median midpoint ($169K) — in the middle half of Software Development Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 116 open Software Development Engineer jobs in Virginia and 1,386 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Software Development Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (1,220 postings).
- Education
- 576 of the 1,386 open Software Development Engineer jobs (42%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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