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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