Software Development Engineer III, Amazon Privacy Services

About the role

Amazon Privacy Engineering builds the automated compliance tooling, policy enforcement systems, and regulatory evidence collection systems that protect customer data and ensure regulatory compliance across various Amazon services.

This role requires thought leadership, an ability to think outside the box, and a focus on scalability and builder-friendliness to address complex regulatory challenges.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical leader on the team and influence key technical strategies.
• Simplify existing systems (e.g., by consolidating redundant systems, deleting unnecessary code, or updating outdated documentation).
• Lead large projects that require the work of a team, dividing software projects into parallel workstreams that can be delivered independently and unified into cohesive launches.
• Drive mindful discussions with customers and peers and lead them towards a bold vision.
• Take ownership of team architecture, providing a system-wide view and design guidance.
• Make appropriate architectural trade-offs and deliver innovative, secure, easily maintainable, appropriately scalable, and extensible solutions.
• Drive engineering best practices (e.g., Operational Excellence, Security, Quality, etc.) and set standards.
• Actively recruit and help others leverage your expertise, by coaching and mentoring in our organization.

Requirements

• 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent