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Software Development Engineer, Amazon Cloud Management Foundations

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Seattle, WAJob$144–194K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
$144–194K/yr
Location
Seattle, WA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Amazon’s Cloud Management Foundations team builds security services that monitor network hosts and configurations, detect threats, and remediate security findings. The Software Development Engineer will develop large-scale distributed systems and auto-remediation workflows, contribute technical leadership and system strategy, and collaborate with partner teams. The role also includes mentoring junior and new team members and supporting operational excellence across business-critical services.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Software DevelopmentSystem DesignDistributed SystemsC#C++JavaPerlObject-Oriented DesignProgrammingSoftware Development LifecycleCoding StandardsCode ReviewsSource Control ManagementBuild ProcessesTestingOperations

Qualifications

3+ Years Software Development Experience2+ Years System Design Experience1+ Year Software Engineer Experience1+ Year Large-Scale Software ExperienceBachelor's in Computer Science or RelatedBachelor's in Computer Science or Equivalent

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Description

The Amazon Cloud Management Foundations team is looking for a Software Development Engineer who has a passion for security-at-scale. You will work on a team building services that monitor Amazon network hosts and their configurations. We develop the tools that keep Amazon safe from malicious actors by preventing, detecting, and mitigating security events. We work closely with our Application Security, Threat Intel, Security Operations, and Security Analyst teams to drive security improvements across the company.

Our team deals with large quantities of data, pushing the envelope on scale and various advanced analytical techniques to find and mitigate security threats. You’ll be expected to develop robust large scale distributed systems for processing data, and to provide technical leadership to other engineers to do the same. While you may not be a security expert just yet, you have a passion for solving security challenges in innovative ways. You’ll develop a broad and deep understanding of the overall Amazon security posture and develop many of the core technology components to improve and scale.

The mission of the Mitigation and Remediation for Security (MARS) team within Amazon Cloud Management Foundations is to auto-remediate security findings across Amazon. This requires building large distributed systems that are capable of auditing for potential misconfigurations, executing auto-remediation workflows safely and monitoring business critical services and applications. This team drives auto-remediation across Amazon at scale, ensuring we maintain the security bar for our customers with the least amount of builder toil.

Key job responsibilities

In this role you will -

  • Be a technical leader that is not afraid to challenge the norms and innovate.

  • Own, drive, and deliver software solutions

  • Execute against project plans and delivery commitments.

  • Develop relationships with internal and external partner teams to move fast.

  • Help establish the long-term success strategy for your systems, development best practices, and operational excellence processes.

  • Collaborate with peers to ensure your strategies are in alignment with the rest of the development teams.

  • Develop junior and new team members by mentoring them on multiple fronts.

About the team

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.

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

  • 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 software development engineer or related occupational experience

  • 1+ 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

  • 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

Preferred Qualifications

  • 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

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, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

How this job compares

Set against the 1,328 open Software Development Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$144–194K/yr
  • Washington median$144–194K/yr441 salary ranges
  • US median$144–194K/yr1,213 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $169K, is close to the Washington median midpoint ($169K) — in the middle half of Software Development Engineer salary ranges in Washington.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 447 open Software Development Engineer jobs in Washington and 1,328 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington
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 (1,185 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 591 of the 1,328 open Software Development Engineer jobs (45%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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