AmazonSoftware Development Engineer II, Security Products
Amazon is hiring a Software Development Engineer II, Security Products in Seattle, United States. It pays $144k-$194k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.
AI in this role
Architect and build AI-first defensive security products and platforms processing millions of signals daily.
Key job responsibilities
• Own the technical architecture of critical components within our new defensive security platform, designing for scale, low-latency, and resilience from day one
• Drive the AI-first approach by identifying opportunities to apply machine learning, generative AI, and intelligent automation to detection, response, and forensics workflows
• Make high-judgment technical trade-offs across distributed systems, evaluating build vs. buy, prototyping emerging technologies, and selecting architectures that balance speed-to-market with long-term durability
• Influence the product roadmap in partnership with product and security leadership to define what we build, why it matters, and how it delivers customer trust at optimal business cost
• Set engineering standards for the team across operational excellence, security, testing, CI/CD, and observability by leading through example
• Mentor and elevate engineers around you while fostering a culture of curiosity, ownership, and psychological safety
• Navigate ambiguity and drive alignment by synthesizing discordant perspectives, making data-driven decisions, and influencing across organizational boundaries
• Own end-to-end delivery: design, build, test, deploy, and operate production systems with high autonomy
About the team
We're in an exciting transition: a proven threat detection team evolving into a broader Defensive Security product organization. You'll join at the inflection point, helping define the culture, the architecture, and the product itself. If you want to build something meaningful from scratch with a team that values bold ideas, intellectual honesty, and shipping fast, this is the role.
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
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Preferred qualifications
- 3+ 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
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, TX, Austin - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
How we rate this
Software Development Engineer II, Security Products at Amazon rates 85 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- Tell me about a workflow you automated with AI tools, end to end.
- Tell me about a project where security engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where distributed systems was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where system architecture was part of your work. What did you do?
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- Lead with what you built, trained or shipped. This role is judged on the AI system itself, not the tools around it.
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