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

San Diego, CA, USA

Come work on our Amazon Security team to protect Amazon and our customers!

If you thrive in a fast-paced, innovative environment and are interested in pushing the boundaries of what's possible with big data, cloud computing, and security analytics, Amazon Security Platform Engineering's Query Platform team is the place for you. We support a suite of services and products to query petabyte-scale datasets efficiently, and enable critical security use cases such as incident response, security analytics, threat-hunting, and low-latency detections. Since our systems are foundational to the Amazon Security ecosystem, you'll also have the opportunity to learn about various Amazon business areas including e-commerce, Prime, Alexa, and AWS.

Successful candidates for this position will possess:
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including expertise in object-oriented design, algorithms, and data structures
- Experience building and operating scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems
- Proficiency in Scala, Java, or Python with a solid understanding of multi-threading and memory management
- Knowledge of big-data compute engines such as Apache Spark, Trino, Flink, and open table formats like Apache Iceberg
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Self-motivation and the ability to deliver high-quality results in a fast-paced environment




Key job responsibilities
- Build and support Amazon Security's Query Platform which consists of a suite of services for query scheduling, routing, auditing, and engine built on Apache Spark.
- Modernize security intelligence platform's data catalog and governance services to provide customers with rule based access controls and fine-grained data access.
- Innovate and build data triggered job orchestration services to enable low-latency job execution on security data.

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.