Amazon
Software Dev Engineer, Shield
$144K–$194K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Aug 11, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development; 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture; 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience; 1+ years of large-scale software development using C#, C++, Java, or Perl; 1+ years of Object Oriented Design. Preferred: 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
About the job
Design, build, and operate large-scale systems that detect and defend AWS infrastructure and customers against internet attacks, including DDoS attacks.
What you'll do
- Architect and develop distributed protection systems that handle large traffic volumes and evolving attack patterns.
- Create mitigations and improve detection and defense capabilities while maintaining safe, reliable customer traffic.
- Collaborate across engineering and security teams and contribute to code reviews, architecture discussions, and production troubleshooting.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of non-internship system design or architecture experience, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- 1+ years of experience designing and developing large-scale software using C#, C++, Java, or Perl; and 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.
Nice to have
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
C#, C++, Java, Perl
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