Systems Development Engineer, Amazon Security Platform Engineering

Global technology company leading in e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence
Security
Mid-Level Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
3+ years of experience
Cybersecurity · Enterprise SaaS

Description For Systems Development Engineer, Amazon Security Platform Engineering

Amazon Security Platform Engineering team is seeking a Systems Development Engineer to join their mission-critical security infrastructure team. This role focuses on developing scalable self-service systems for security log collection and analysis, protecting Amazon's vast digital ecosystem. The position offers an opportunity to work with petabyte-scale data systems and build solutions that directly impact Amazon's security posture.

The role combines software engineering with security expertise, requiring strong technical skills in systems engineering, programming, and architecture design. You'll be working on innovative solutions to collect, process, and analyze security logs from both internal and third-party systems, ensuring seamless integration with Amazon's security infrastructure.

As a Systems Development Engineer, you'll collaborate with product owners and customers to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions. The role involves designing and implementing security systems that process massive amounts of data while maintaining high performance and reliability standards. You'll also help other teams onboard their services for data ingestion and develop tools for data analysis and transformation.

The position offers significant growth opportunities within Amazon's security organization, with access to mentorship, training, and career development resources. Amazon values diversity and inclusion, providing an environment where different perspectives are celebrated. The role includes on-call responsibilities, but the team focuses on building fault-tolerant systems to minimize disruptions.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about security and large-scale systems engineering, offering the chance to work on challenging problems while protecting one of the world's largest technology companies and its customers. The role provides competitive benefits, including relocation support within the EU, and emphasizes work-life harmony.

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Responsibilities For Systems Development Engineer, Amazon Security Platform Engineering

  • Design, implement, test, deploy and support innovative security solutions
  • Build scalable self-service systems to collect security relevant logs
  • Implement, operate, and improve current services
  • Build new features to improve customer experience
  • Collaborate with product owners and customers
  • Engage other teams for data ingestion into the platform
  • Transform and analyze data
  • Participate in on-call responsibilities

Requirements For Systems Development Engineer, Amazon Security Platform Engineering

Python
Java
Go
  • Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
  • Experience in professional software development
  • Experience designing or architecting new and existing systems
  • Experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering
  • Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
  • Legal right to work in Ireland

Benefits For Systems Development Engineer, Amazon Security Platform Engineering

Relocation Benefits
  • Relocation support within EU
  • Training and career growth opportunities
  • Mentorship programs
  • Work-life balance
  • Diverse and inclusive team culture
  • Career development resources

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