Amazon
Software Development Engineer (L5), Perimeter Protection (Anti-DDoS), NFW
$144K–$194K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Jul 20, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development; 2+ years of non-internship system design or architecture experience. Preferred: 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Education
- Preferred: Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Build and operate AWS network security services, developing globally scalable systems and features that protect customer applications from malicious web traffic.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and maintain highly available distributed systems for AWS WAF at global scale.
- Own software delivery from customer requirements and design through deployment, on-call support, and production issue resolution.
- Contribute to architecture and technical direction, and improve engineering quality and operational efficiency through code reviews, testing, automation, and tooling.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ 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
- 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
AWS WAF, AWS Shield, AWS Firewall Manager, Network Firewall
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