Amazon
Sr. Software Development Engineer, AWS Security
$168K–$227K
Herndon, VA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in software development, programming, and design or architecture leadership; no equivalent alternative stated.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent (preferred).
About the job
Build and operate AI-powered security solutions that automate the identification, assessment, and remediation of risks across open-source software and the software supply chain.
What you'll do
- Design and build LLM-based security tooling for code scanning, severity assessment, and remediation suggestions.
- Automate security workflows and proactively identify and remediate issues in software deliverables.
- Own service operations and technical design, collaborate with stakeholders, and mentor security engineers.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience and 5+ years programming in at least one language.
- 5+ years leading design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience mentoring, serving as a tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
- Knowledge of machine learning and LLM fundamentals; experience contributing to open-source projects and driving upstream features or fixes.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of full software development life-cycle experience; bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
- Experience deploying LLMs on AI acceleration hardware, maintaining open-source repositories, or applying open-source security practices.
Pay
168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Bedrock, SageMaker, RAG, LLMs, GPUs, Neuron, TPU
AI focus
Develop production AI-powered security systems using LLMs and RAG for code scanning, severity assessment, remediation, and security workflow automation.
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