Software Development Engineer, Shield (Anti-DDoS)

The AWS Shield team is seeking a driven and talented Software Development Engineer to join our Distributed Denial of Service response this pivotal role youll get to work on the front line of incident response designing and building systems which keep AWS infrastructure and customer workloads safe from even the largest DDoS threats.



Key job responsibilities
We are looking for a software engineer who is technically strong with deep knowledge in cloud services distributed systems and web services. The ideal candidate takes pride in tackling challenges excels at working in an agile environment and is excited about delivering a world-class AI-driven analysis platform to detect diagnose and mitigate large scale DDoS events. Youll collaborate with our exceptional Software and Security Engineers fostering an environment of innovation and cross-functional synergy. Youll enjoy working in a team where youll have the autonomy to make an impact. Were committed to nurturing the growth of all our team members and creating an environment for personal development as we continually learn from customers. Its still Day 1!

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- Experience in professional non-internship software development or experience (non-internship) in professional software development
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems or experience in computer architecture
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language or experience in professional non-internship software development

- Experience with full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations or experience managing teams
- Experience working in a fast-paced rapidly changing operations environment
- Experience managing training programs or teams across multiple sites or regions

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