SDE III, Amazon Optics

About the role

Join the Amazon Optics team and be at the forefront of building innovative services that secure the foundation of our business from security threats. Our team develops and manages critical services used by all Corporate and AWS data center employees to protect physical sites and preserve the trust that AWS users have placed in us. You'll work with passionate software engineers to build systems that are essential for keeping Corporate and AWS sites secure worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure services that protect AWS physical locations, making meaningful contributions to the full software development lifecycle from scoping and design through testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Take ownership of operational excellence, identifying root causes of issues and implementing permanent fixes while continually improving team operations.
• Work with stakeholders to understand business and customer value, ensuring you deliver solutions that balance customer requirements with team objectives.
• Actively participate in code reviews, providing meaningful feedback to teammates while contributing to documentation that explains how systems are constructed, tested, and operated.
• Automate operational inefficiencies for both the team and customers, building solutions that scale across all AWS regions while maintaining high quality standards.

Requirements

Key qualifications include 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience, 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience, 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience, experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team, and a Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications include 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.

Skills

Preferred qualifications include 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience, and a Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

USA, VA, Arlington - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually

Schedule

Not specified