Amazon
Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS Compliance & Security Assurance
$168K–$227K
Seattle, WA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 5, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in each of the stated software development, programming, and system design/architecture areas; engineering mentorship or leadership experience required.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent (preferred).
About the job
Build and operate internal AWS services that monitor security and compliance, scale audits, and strengthen continuous security assurance.
What you'll do
- Lead technical strategy and influence initiatives spanning multiple products or teams; build and own security and compliance services.
- Write and test high-quality code for secure, highly available distributed systems, and mentor other engineers.
- Operate systems using customer data and service-level agreements, while improving engineering and Agile processes.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language.
- 5+ years of 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
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; familiarity with building scalable systems that integrate Generative AI technologies.
Pay
168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Generative AI, microservices
AI focus
Leverage Generative AI to enhance security and compliance capabilities; scalable system integration with Generative AI is preferred.
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