Software Development Engineer II, AWS Edge Connectivity Services

Edge Connectivity Services enables AWS Cloud connectivity options for US Intelligence and Department of Defense customers. These connectivity options allow our customer to deploy and run their isolated, sensitive workloads in an environment exclusive for their use-case. We help our customers to onboard, manage, and scale their connectivity options for maintaining persistent connection to AWS Isolated cloud.

In this role, you will build network pathways with which customers connect to Amazon's Dedicated Cloud partitions. You'll architect and implement software security protocols across Wide Area Networks (WANs), ensuring seamless and secure access to dedicated cloud environments. By developing sophisticated control and dataplane systems, you'll protect critical customer connections flowing through Amazon's global network of datacenters. You'll leverage the AWS ecosystem and integrate with third-party solutions to create secure pathways that meet our customers' stringent security requirements. Working alongside technology experts across Amazon, you'll define the next generation of dedicated cloud connectivity, setting new standards for enterprise-grade security. Your expertise in network encryption and software development will directly impact how how AWS customers access their mission-critical cloud infrastructure.

If Arlington, VA (Arlington HQ2):

This role will sit in our new headquarters in Northern Virginia, where Amazon will invest $2.5 billion dollars, occupy 4 million square feet of energy efficient office space, and create at least 25,000 new full-time jobs. Our employees and the neighboring community will also benefit from the associated investments from the Commonwealth including infrastructure updates, public transportation improvements, and new access to Reagan National Airport.

By working together on behalf of our customers, we are building the future one innovative product, service, and idea at a time. Are you ready to embrace the challenge? Come build the future with us.

This position requires that the candidate selected must be a US Citizen and obtain and maintain a security clearance at the TS/SCI with polygraph level. Upon start, the selected candidate will be sponsored for a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.

Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-disciplinary Amazonians to design, build, and implement cloud based services for managing encrypted network connections
- Build distributed systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, with ease of management and use.
- Influence product direction through data-backed technical insights and framing solutions in terms of business impact.
- Mentor your teammates, helping to grow and develop their technical and operational skills
- Participate in oncall rotation in support of our services

A day in the life
Our team follows the Agile development methodology. Team members participate in daily stand-ups and weekly sprint planning and backlog grooming sessions. We conduct annual program planning and quarterly prioritization meetings to align tasks with organizational goals. Developers, Program Management (PM) team, and Single-Threaded Owners (STOs) collaborate to define and execute these tasks. Each developer serves as on-call support approximately four times per year to maintain our service availability target.

Generative AI & Accelerated Development

- Experience using AI-powered code generation and review tools to rapidly iterate on infrastructure automation scripts, configuration templates, and systems tooling and to automate investigative, diagnostic, or operational tasks
- Ability to apply GenAI capabilities to accelerate test case generation, integration testing, and validation of complex infrastructure components — reducing cycle times without sacrificing quality or security rigor
- Comfort using GenAI tools to rapidly synthesize technical documentation, compliance frameworks, and architectural patterns — accelerating research and decision-making in ambiguous problem spaces
- Awareness of the responsible use of GenAI in security-sensitive environments, including understanding of data handling boundaries, model limitations, and appropriate human-in-the-loop validation practices

About the team
About AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Why AWS?

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. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS)

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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.

Inclusive Team Culture

AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship & 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, mentorship 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 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 in the cloud.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)
- 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 with networking protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, IPSec)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- 6+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Demonstrated ability to leverage Generative AI tools and AI-assisted development environments to accelerate prototyping, development, validation, and testing workflows
- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph

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, VA, Arlington - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Herndon - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually