Amazon
Sr. Software Development Engineer, AWS Proactive Security
$168K–$227K
Seattle, WA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years for the stated software development, programming, and design or architecture qualifications; preferred full software development life cycle experience is also 5+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Designs and delivers cryptographic security systems that give AWS customers verifiable control over access to their data and metadata.
What you'll do
- Design and implement security systems using cryptography, PKI, formal verification, and distributed systems.
- Lead multi-quarter initiatives from design through deployment and drive technical decisions across teams.
- Mentor engineers, review code, debug complex systems, and contribute to engineering standards and operational excellence.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language.
- 5+ years leading design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.
Nice to have
- 5+ 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
168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Rust, PKI, formal verification, distributed systems
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