AmazonSenior Software Development Engineer, AWS Compliance & Security Assurance
Amazon is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS Compliance & Security Assurance in Seattle, United States. It pays $168k-$227k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this software engineer role is Uses AI ●●○○: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- The listed pay starts close to the typical software engineer posting on Level.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Generative AI, Microservices and AWS.
- Level classifies it as a senior role.
- Level lists 20,000+ other open roles at Amazon.
AI in this role
Build scalable security and compliance assurance internal services leveraging generative AI at AWS.
As a Senior Software Engineer on our team, you will influence projects or initiatives that span across multiple products and/or teams, you will build and own internal services that identify and monitor security/compliance-relevant attributes of key infrastructure, streamline and scale execution of security and compliance audits/examinations of AWS services, and expand our ability to continuously monitor key security functions. You will demonstrate a high bar for engineer excellence, lead the technical strategy, and technical advisory for adjacent teams. You will write code that works at Amazon scale, mentor SDEs, contribute to solving complex engineering problems as well as business problems and understand and improve our agile processes to help us evolve a vision of compliance and security at AWS.
Key job responsibilities
In this role you will:
* Write high-quality code with thorough test coverage as you mentor other developers so they can learn from your CRs.
* Find out what it takes to engineer systems for "Amazon Scale".
* Realize that making software work is just the start and you value talking about cattle-vs-pets, continuous resiliency and capacity testing.
* Truly care about designing highly available, secure, distributed systems of microservices, then you will make them even better by consulting with peers and technical leaders.
* Work on Agile projects that have high visibility while making continuous improvements to planning, design, implementation, testing, and operations processes.
* Have full ownership and operate the systems that you build based on real-time customer data and demanding service-level agreements.
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.
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
- Experience or familiarity with building scalable systems that integrate Generative AI technologies
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 - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually
How we rate this
Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS Compliance & Security Assurance at Amazon rates 50 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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- $168k
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- $167k
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Questions you could be asked
- Tell me about a project where software development was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where cloud security was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where compliance was part of your work. What did you do?
- What's a project where you used Generative AI hands-on?
- Walk me through how you've used Microservices in your day-to-day work.
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Software Development, Cloud Security, Compliance, Generative AI, and Microservices. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Put the AI tool in a bullet point about what you did, not just in a skills list. This role treats it as a required part of the job.
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