Software Development Engineer, AWS GuardDuty

Amazon GuardDuty is a customer facing threat detection service that was built to protect applications and services running in AWS. The service processes trillions of events, and applies advanced analytics and machine learning to detect threats and aggregate threat intelligence. If you are interested in learning about operating a service at massive scale and working alongside world class engineers, then this role is for you. The team interacts with security researchers to codify security analytics into the service. In this role, you will enjoy working on complex software systems in a customer-centric environment.
We are seeking a Software Development Engineer with good knowledge of distributed systems to develop new and innovative security services.
Why GuardDuty?
* We work on real-world security problems
* GuardDuty is one of the fast growing AWS services
* You will design and develop large scale distributed systems (latency, scale requirements)- terabytes of daily log data processing
* High Availability, Low Latency service
* Access to Mentorship - Principal Engineers, Senior Engineers, Security Engineers
* SDE Driven Team - Sr. Engineer Office hours, Happy Hours, Lunch and Learn, Games etc.
* Apply Machine Learning in the security domain.
About Us
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.
Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
Key job responsibilities
1. Design and implement complex security services for AWS.
2. Manage oncall once in 2 to 3 months for a week (which is very light for this team)
3. Provide mentorship to junior engineers
4. Support other team members in reviews
7. Foster innovation and handle ambigous problem and turn them into opertunities.
Basic qualifications
- 2+ 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
- 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
- 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Preferred qualification
- 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.
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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 .

USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually