AmazonSoftware Development Engineer, Operational Research and Development, Operational Research, AWS Security
Amazon is hiring a Software Development Engineer, Operational Research and Development, Operational Research, AWS Security in Courbevoie, France. Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
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- On Level's scale, this software engineer role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Python, TypeScript and software development.
- Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
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Build and maintain core platform infrastructure and workflow orchestration engines for automated cloud security incident response at AWS.
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Amazon Security's Operational Research and Development team combines Security Engineers and Software Development Engineers in a single mission: reduce time-to-resolution for security incidents through automation at every stage of the response lifecycle. As an SDE, you will build and operate the core platform infrastructure: workflow orchestration engines, enrichment APIs, knowledge graph pipelines, and the operational tooling that keeps them running in production.
As a Software Development Engineer, you will:
- Build and maintain production services that underpin security automation capabilities (workflow engine, API gateway, data infrastructure)
- Write clean, well-tested code in Python and TypeScript, shipping features end-to-end from design through deployment
- Own the operational health of your services: monitoring, alarming, on-call, and incident response for the platforms you build
- Work daily alongside Security Engineers who define the investigation logic and response playbooks your platforms execute
- Contribute to architectural decisions that balance rapid delivery with long-term reliability at scale
- Support the operation of security services deployed in the European Sovereign Cloud
- Grow into deeper ownership of systems and broader technical influence across the team
This role is based in Paris, France.
About the team
The Operational Research and Development team sits within Amazon Security. We are a mixed team of Security Engineers and Software Development Engineers who share a single mission: make security incident response so fast and accurate that human involvement is reduced to the decisions that genuinely require judgment.
Our engineers own what they build. Each person carries meaningful end-to-end ownership of production systems, from design through deployment and operational excellence. We prototype rapidly, ship iteratively, and treat every manual step in our response pipelines as a problem to solve permanently.
The team values directness, intellectual honesty, and a bias toward building over discussing. We maintain a flexible, distributed working culture and core collaboration hours that respect personal time.
We are intentional about building an inclusive environment where diverse backgrounds and perspectives drive better security outcomes. Whether your path to software engineering was traditional or not, what matters is your ability to ship reliable systems and collaborate effectively across disciplines.
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.
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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
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 and 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.
Basic qualifications
- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development with at least one programming language (Python, Java, or TypeScript)
- Experience (non-internship) in designing or architecting software systems
- Experience building and operating production services with monitoring and on-call responsibilities
- Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with event-driven architectures, workflow orchestration, or data pipeline infrastructure
- Experience with AWS services (Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, ECS, or similar) in a production context
- Experience with Python and TypeScript in the same codebase or project
- Experience building APIs consumed by multiple internal teams or automated systems
- Experience working in a security operations or incident response environment
Amazon est un employeur engagé pour l'égalité des chances. Nous sommes convaincus qu'une main d'oeuvre diversifée est essentielle à notre réussite. Nous prenons nos décisions de recrutement en fonction de votre expérience et de vos compétences. Nous apprécions votre envie de découvrir, d'inventer, de simplifier et de construire. La protection de votre vie privée et la sécurité de vos données constituent depuis longtemps une priorité absolue pour Amazon. Veuillez consulter notre Politique de Confidentialité pour en savoir plus sur la façon dont nous collectons, utilisons et traitons les données personnelles de nos candidats.
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How we rate this
Software Development Engineer, Operational Research and Development, Operational Research, AWS Security at Amazon rates 10 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Classification
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- $168k
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