Description

Do you want to solve business challenges through innovative technology? Do you enjoy working on state of the art distributed systems? Do you love working on industry defining projects that move the needle?

At Amazon, we hire the best minds in technology to innovate and build on behalf of our customers. The intense focus we have on our customers is why we are one of the world’s most beloved brands – customer obsession is part of our company DNA. We are looking for software engineers who thrive on complex problems and relish the challenge of operating a complex and mission critical system that serves millions of requests per minute.

As a SDE-II in UnifiedAuth team, you will work on cloud security problems with the goal of securing customer and corporate communication across all of Amazon. You will contribute to all parts of the software development and deployment lifecycle, including design, development, documentation, testing and operations. You will learn and grow by solving one of the most complex technical challenges in the areas of distributed systems, data mining, automation, optimization, scalability, and security – just to name a few.

Key job responsibilities

· Learn by collaboration with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians in the team to develop, design, and bring to market cloud security products

· Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry

· Improve operational excellence, constructively identifying problems and proposing solutions, taking on projects that improve team’s software, making it better and easier to maintain.

· Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use

About the team

Unified Authorization is responsible for securing customer and corporate communication across all of Amazon. We own cloud security products that are used by tens of thousands of services and millions of hosts across all Amazon's businesses including retail website, Alexa, and Kindle. Every aspect of Amazon's business interacts with our systems, and we ensure all actors are authenticated and authorized. As a global security provider, our products are intersection of security, resiliency, and availability.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.