Drimva

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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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)