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

Herndon, VA, USA | San Luis Obispo, CA, USA

Come and build innovative services that integrate some of our 3rd party tools into Amazon Security's core platforms that protect our cloud from security threats. As an Amazon Security Platform Engineering (ASPE) Software Development Engineer (SDE), you’ll help to build and manage services that detect and automate the mitigation of cyber threats across Amazon’s internal services, as well as Amazon's use of 3rd party clouds (Azure/Google).

As part of a new team, you will help set the groundwork for how we build, integrate and operate tooling that provides system hardening, configuration best practices, vulnerabilities and the auditing of configurations of cloud resources across Amazon globally.

You’ll work with security engineers, and other software development engineers across multiple teams to develop innovative security solutions at massive scale.

Our services protect Amazon customers and preserves our customers’ trust in us. You’ll get to use the full power and breadth of AWS technologies to build services that proactively protect every single AWS customer, both internally and externally, from security threats – not many teams can say that!

Key job responsibilities
Our engineers solve complex architectural problems with simple solutions, where “can’t be done” isn’t considered an answer, and scalability, reliability and availability are a must. You will work on a highly collaborative team that is willing to take calculated risks to deliver quickly without sacrificing maintainability. You will join a team that values strong intuition, but seek metrics and other data sources to back up their assumptions. You will stretch yourself and grow. You will share your knowledge with others and help others achieve. Our team's environment is one where you own everything end to end: design, development, testing, deploying through rapid iteration. You'll work with team leaders who unburden our engineers of wasted time and red tape, empower them to make trade offs without amassing unjustifiable tech debt, and insist on automating away operational inefficiencies.

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.