Drimva

Amazon

Software Development Engineer - AWS, Amazon GuardDuty

$144K–$194K

Santa Monica, CA · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026

Experience
3+ years professional software development; 2+ years system design or architecture; at least 1 year in each of the specified software development and Object Oriented Design areas.
Education
Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.

About the job

Designs, builds, and operates scalable distributed systems and platforms for Amazon GuardDuty’s Malware Protection and Runtime Monitoring security products.

What you'll do

  • Develop and maintain GuardDuty distributed systems and metadata services, and evolve runtime agent provisioning and coverage platforms.
  • Own software features through design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations; troubleshoot production issues and support on-call operations.
  • Collaborate with security engineers, scientists, and product managers; participate in reviews and mentor junior engineers, including on responsible AI-tool use.

What they ask for

  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience involving design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
  • At least 1 year developing large-scale software applications, tools, systems, or services using C#, C++, Java, or Perl; at least 1 year 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 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, eBPF, AWS, EC2, ECS

AI focus

Use AI-assisted development tools for design, coding, testing, reviews, operations, log analysis, and runbook execution, and mentor others in their responsible use.

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