Amazon
Software Development Engineer, US ADC Security
$144K–$194K
Herndon, VA · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development; 2+ years of non-internship 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
Develop and operate secure tools and automation for Amazon Dedicated Clouds and Cleared Programs in a classified environment.
What you'll do
- Design and build secure, high-availability distributed software, APIs, and middleware.
- Develop infrastructure-as-code automation, deployment workflows, and monitoring and alerting systems.
- Partner with internal customers, review code, and contribute to technical and security architecture discussions.
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.
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
- Must be a US Citizen and obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
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
infrastructure as code (IaC), APIs
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