Drimva

Amazon

Senior Software Dev Engineer, GuardDuty

$185K–$250K

New York, NY · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026

Experience
5+ years in each of the stated software development, programming, and design/architecture areas; preferred: 5+ years full software development life cycle experience or 10+ years applying ML to complex problems.
Education
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent (preferred).

About the job

Build and operate globally distributed GuardDuty security detection systems, turning security research into scalable production software that protects AWS customers.

What you'll do

  • Design, build, and operate large-scale distributed security detection systems.
  • Work with applied scientists and security researchers to productionize anomaly detection and LLM-based approaches.
  • Own the software lifecycle, conduct engineering reviews, and improve system reliability through operations and root cause analysis.

What they ask for

  • 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
  • 5+ years of programming experience in at least one software language.
  • 5+ years leading design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience; or 10+ years applying ML to complex problems.
  • Experience in security domains, cloud computing, AI security, threat intelligence, penetration testing, or systems handling sensitive data.

Pay

USD 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 annually (base salary)

Tools

AWS, machine learning, deep learning, large language models (LLM)

AI focus

Help transform anomaly detection and LLM-based research into scalable production systems; the service uses machine learning, deep learning, and AI security detection approaches.

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)