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Senior Software Engineer (SDE-III), Devices & Services Security

Amazon

Amazon

Software Engineering
Arlington, VA, USA
Posted on Sep 27, 2024

DESCRIPTION

The Amazon Devices and Services team designs and engineers high-profile devices and consumer experiences including the best-selling Kindle family of products, offerings such as Amazon Photos and groundbreaking 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?

Amazon Devices & Services Trust and Security is 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 at scale. You 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.


Key job responsibilities
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.
* Build high-quality, efficient and testable code as well as scalable design and recommend improvements in development, maintenance, and system standards, and contribute to software documentation.
* Be responsible for technical problem solving, meeting product objectives, and developing best practices
* Track and report on metrics which are key performance indicators, allowing performance improvements so that the desired outcomes are achieved to plan and in a timely manner
* Serve as an essential technical resource in the full development cycle.
* Mentor junior team members in career growth
* Work in an agile development environment.


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.