Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Vulnerability Management Services

About the role

Amazon Vulnerability Management Services (AVMS) is seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer to join the Discovery Insights Foundry (DIF) team. You will build AI‑driven, executive‑level leadership reporting that gives senior leaders real‑time insight into the state of Vulnerability Management across AWS. The product will span interactive data visualization, data analytics pipelines, AI‑powered agent orchestration, Model Context Protocol (MCP) services, and team‑level operational integration, enabling both high‑level organizational views and drill‑down capability for leaders.

Key responsibilities

• Architecture design and review for new and existing systems.
• Software feature development in Java and Python using AWS services (S3, Lambda, SQS, Fargate/ECS, EMR, Spark, etc.).
• Setting and achieving a high bar for operational excellence.
• Building partnerships with technical internal Amazon stakeholders and earning trust in all directions.
• World‑wide system resilience testing and preparation.
• Software project planning using Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).

A day in the life

You will work at the intersection of software engineering, data analytics, and AI. On a typical day you might build a new visualization component for the leadership dashboard, develop an AI agent that automates a weekly status report, write a data pipeline that merges vulnerability metrics from multiple upstream systems, or design an MCP service that enables other teams to integrate with your reporting platform. You will partner closely with security engineers, data engineers, and program managers across AVMS to ensure leadership has a trusted, unified, and timely view of the organization’s vulnerability posture.

About the team

The Discovery Insights Foundry (DIF) is a team within Amazon Vulnerability Management Services (AVMS). Its mission is to provide trusted, standardized, and actionable security metrics and insights that enable AVMS leadership, domain teams, and compliance partners to make timely, data‑driven decisions at Amazon scale. The team serves as the authoritative layer between raw security data and the people who consume it.

Tech stack: Java, Python, TypeScript/React, AWS services (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, Step Functions, QuickSight, Bedrock, SageMaker), data‑pipeline tooling, and generative AI frameworks.

Basic qualifications

• 3+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non‑internship design or architecture experience (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Preferred qualifications

• 3+ years of full software development life‑cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# and applying object‑oriented design.

Benefits

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription).
• Basic Life & AD&D insurance with optional supplemental life plans.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and mental health support.
• Medical advice line.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.

Compensation

Base salary range: $143,700 – $194,400 USD annually. The package includes sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Comprehensive benefits are provided as listed above.

Location

Austin, Texas, USA