Amazon
Software Development Engineer, AWS Security, HawkEye
$144K–$194K
Annapolis Junction, MD · Full-time · Posted Aug 10, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years in professional software development and 3+ years in system design or architecture; preferred: 4+ years across the full software development life cycle.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent (preferred).
About the job
Build and operate large-scale AWS security services that detect cyber threats and automate their mitigation across Amazon infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Design scalable architectures for low-latency data processing and improve system observability, performance, and efficiency.
- Collaborate with data scientists and security engineers on automated security detections and mitigation workflows.
- Improve testing, repeatability, and automation; mentor engineers and provide on-call support, typically one week every two months.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 3+ years of non-internship experience in design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
Nice to have
- 4+ 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; large-scale data analytics and data warehousing experience; proficiency in Rust.
Pay
143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Rust
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