Software Development Engineer II, Secure Endpoint Connectivity, CS Security

Help craft the future of how Amazonians access customer data. You and your team are charged with securing the endpoints that Amazonians use in over 100+ countries around the world to effectively serve our customers. Protect our customer information from malicious groups and programs by building standardized endpoint access mechanisms and endpoint exploitation prevention systems.

Keep the business running by building horizontally-scalable and highly available distributed services on Native AWS, scalable data pipelines, and anomaly/problem detection systems.

You will make a difference in this space for the thousands of representatives who use our tool and the millions of customers they support.


Key job responsibilities
* Design, develop, and operate secure connectivity solutions for a globally deployed fleet of endpoint devices, reason about network security, device trust, and blast-radius before writing code
* Build and maintain systems that manage website/resource allowlisting, VPN connectivity, and network policy enforcement at scale
* Treat operations as core engineering, own the systems you build end-to-end, participate in on-call rotations and incident response, and drive improvements that increase reliability and reduce toil
* Partner with security, networking, and device teams to deliver defense-in-depth solutions that protect customer data across diverse network environments
* Use AI coding assistants and GenAI tools effectively across the software development lifecycle from design through testing and operations, applying engineering judgment to validate output against Amazon's security and correctness bar
* Write robust, efficient, and maintainable code
* Continually challenge existing approaches and explore what should change to better serve associates and protect customers

A day in the life
As a Software Development Engineer, you influence the future for the components and systems you build from inception to execution. You design, plan, engineer, test, release, and support critical software systems. You leverage novel technologies to construct accessible tools that secure our devices from malware, and communications from malicious eavesdroppers

The tools you develop will empower people with disabilities to use our services seamlessly and will help make Amazon a diverse workplace. You will make a difference in this space for the thousands of representatives who use our services and the millions of customers they support.

About the team
The Secure Endpoint Connectivity team's mission is to protect Amazon's customers and their trust in the Amazon brand. Through deployment of secure devices, we enable Amazon business groups that handle critical customer data to safely experiment and innovate

We continuously evolve to combat new risks to customer data.

Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security?
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences

Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon's products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness

Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth
We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture

When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve.

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