Amazon
Senior Software Engineer, Amazon Foundational Security Services - Identity
$168K–$227K
Seattle, WA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 6, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years for software development, programming, and leading design or architecture; experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent (preferred).
About the job
Leads the design, operation, and evolution of Amazon’s engineering identity directory and related access, analytics, and system-account services.
What you'll do
- Lead the REGAL regionalized architecture and 389DS lifecycle, including replication, upgrades, and schema management.
- Own identity access and data systems, including the LDAP Read Proxy, GSAM, Time Machine, and Identity Data Lake.
- Set observability and operational standards, serve as a Tier-1 on-call anchor, and mentor engineers.
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 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.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
389DS, LDAP, REGAL, S3, BRASS, POSIX, ANT, GSAM
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