Job Description

Are you interested in shaping the future of AWS? Do you want to be part of building something with massive impact? AWS Global Services Security (GSS) Engineering is looking for strong software engineers to join us as we make security smarter and simpler for all AWS customers. Today is just the beginning, and we want you to be part of our journey to innovate the way in which our users experience security. If you want to be part of the development and launch of a new AWS service, we want to meet you!

As a senior member of this team, you will have the opportunity to grow and make impact by defining the system architecture, owning and implementing specific components, and shaping the overall experience. Together we build highly available, secure, scalable, distributed and event-driven systems. As an senior SDE, you will contribute to and advocate best practices for planning, architecture design, implementation, testing, and process improvement.

Key job responsibilities
This role offers a fantastic opportunity to develop new services that enhance security for AWS\'s global customer base. As a senior software engineer, you\'ll enjoy a leadership role among a growing team of engineers focused on building transformative security services, working to reinvent how Amazon and our customers perceive and experience security. You will define and implement high technical standards and shape Global Services Security\'s overall technical architecture and engineering practices.

A day in the life
You will collaborate with engineering teams across AWS to design, deliver, and refine solutions that make it easier for our global customers to operate secure and compliant workloads within AWS. You\'ll work closely with our business team to ensure a clear understanding of the core problem we aim to solve. You\'ll partner with Product Management, UX Designer, and developers to create appropriate user stories and a roadmap.

Since the development and career progression of our team members is a priority, you will also coach and mentor others on the team to support their growth and achievement of career goals.

About the team
GSS Engineering has several teams distributed among several key development centers primarily within the US, but also globally. The team is driving AWS\'s new security growth initiatives. Our vision is to secure the world\'s workloads and create a brighter future for humanity. We work with customers and partners to develop security solutions that enable our service teams to deliver the right products and features. By harnessing security-relevant data, we gain insights and automate actions to mitigate customer security concerns proactively, ideally without requiring any action on their part.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Arlington, VA, USA | Herndon, VA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - 5+ 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

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