Systems Development Engineer, Amazon Security Platform Engineering

Amazon

Global technology company focused on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

Berlin, Germany

Security

Mid-Level Software Engineer

In-Person

5,000+ Employees

3+ years of experience

Cybersecurity · Enterprise SaaS

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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 building and maintaining scalable security systems that protect Amazon's vast ecosystem and customer data. The position involves developing self-service systems for security log collection, handling petabytes of data, and ensuring seamless integration with internal tools.

The role combines systems engineering with security expertise, requiring strong technical skills in areas like networking, storage, and operating systems. You'll work on automating complex tasks, designing scalable solutions, and implementing security features that directly impact Amazon's global operations. The team values performance, simplicity, and scalability in their designs.

As part of Amazon Security, you'll be at the forefront of protecting one of the world's largest technology companies. The organization offers exposure to various domains including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, and healthcare security. The team culture emphasizes continuous learning, diversity of thought, and work-life harmony.

The position offers significant growth opportunities through knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and hands-on experience with large-scale systems. You'll collaborate with product owners and customers to deliver optimal solutions, while also helping other teams onboard their services for data ingestion into the platform.

This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented engineer passionate about security and scalable systems. The role includes on-call responsibilities, but the team works proactively to ensure system reliability and minimize disruptions. Amazon provides relocation support within the EU and fosters an inclusive environment that values diverse experiences and perspectives.

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Responsibilities For Systems Development Engineer, Amazon Security Platform Engineering

Design, implement, test, deploy and support innovative security solutions
Develop scalable self-service systems to collect security relevant logs
Automate complex tasks to allow business scaling
Use data to measure success and take responsibility for service quality
Partner with internal teams to deliver customer solutions
Develop simple, repeatable, well-documented processes
Participate in on-call responsibilities
Coach and develop team members

Requirements For Systems Development Engineer, Amazon Security Platform Engineering

Python

Java

Ruby

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 modern languages (C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby)
Must have legal right to work in Germany

Benefits For Systems Development Engineer, Amazon Security Platform Engineering

Relocation Benefits

Relocation support within EU
Training and career development opportunities
Mentorship programs
Work-life balance
Inclusive team culture
Diverse experience opportunities

Amazon

Global technology company focused on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

Berlin, Germany

Security

Mid-Level Software Engineer

In-Person

5,000+ Employees

3+ years of experience

Cybersecurity · Enterprise SaaS

Amazon

Furthest Point From Origin

Data Structures & AlgorithmsEasy

You are given a string moves of length n consisting only of characters 'L', 'R', and '_'. The string represents your movement on a number line starting from the origin 0. In the ith move, you can choose one of the following directions: move to the left if moves[i] = 'L' or moves[i] = '_' move to the right if moves[i] = 'R' or moves[i] = '_' Return the *distance from the origin* of the *furthest* point you can get to after n moves. Example 1: Input: moves = L_RL__R Output: 3 Explanation: The furthest point we can reach from the origin 0 is point -3 through the following sequence of moves LLRLLLR. Example 2: Input: moves = R__LL Output: 5 Explanation: The furthest point we can reach from the origin 0 is point -5 through the following sequence of moves LRLLLLL. Example 3: Input: moves = _ Output: 7 Explanation: The furthest point we can reach from the origin 0 is point 7 through the following sequence of moves RRRRRRR.

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Describe how you would debug a performance bottleneck in an e-commerce platform during peak shopping season.

System DesignMedium

Let's dive into a debugging scenario. Imagine you are working on a critical e-commerce platform used by millions of customers. During a peak shopping period (like Black Friday), you receive alerts indicating a significant slowdown in the checkout process. Customers are reporting that it takes an unusually long time to complete their purchases, and some are even experiencing transaction failures. This is directly impacting sales and customer satisfaction. Your team suspects a performance bottleneck somewhere in the system. The architecture involves multiple microservices, including a user authentication service, a product catalog service, an inventory service, a payment processing service, and an order management service. These services communicate with each other via REST APIs and message queues. The database consists of both relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (Redis) databases. You have access to logging, monitoring tools (like Prometheus and Grafana), and distributed tracing (like Jaeger). How would you approach debugging this issue systematically, identify the root cause, and propose a solution? Be specific about the tools and techniques you would use at each stage. For example, walk me through what metrics you'd focus on, how you would narrow down the problematic service, and what steps you'd take to pinpoint the exact code or configuration causing the bottleneck. Provide specific examples of commands or queries you might use to gather data or test hypotheses. Also consider potential causes related to scaling, caching, database performance, and code inefficiencies. How would you ensure minimal disruption to the platform during the debugging process? How do you handle conflicting information or dead ends during debugging?

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Work experience and current project

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Tell me about your work experience and current project.

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