Amazon
Software Development Engineer , Amazon Foundational Security Services (AFSS)
$144K–$194K
Arlington, VA · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 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 and 1+ years of Object Oriented Design.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
About the job
Designs, builds, deploys, and operates a large-scale authentication management system protecting Amazon’s digital and physical resources.
What you'll do
- Collaborate on engineering and business decisions affecting the Amazon developer experience.
- Contribute across the software lifecycle, including design, implementation, documentation, deployment, and operations.
- Participate in on-call support, typically one week every two months, and resolve root causes of incidents.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience for new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- 1+ years designing and developing large-scale software applications, tools, systems, or services 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, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
- 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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