Software Development Engineer, IAM Security

At Amazon we are obsessed with customer trust. Information Security enables Amazon business leaders to securely develop and operate to maintain Customer Trust by guarding the confidentiality and integrity of Amazon and customer data.

Our teams focus areas include: Enterprise Access risk reduction access health best practices managing preventive and detective access health controls. Our mission includes instilling awareness and controls to safeguard all customer and employee data applications services and assets. To accomplish this we unite with Amazon organizations to identify access risks and manage them pro-actively.

This role is for a Software Development Engineer - Identity & Access Management (IAM) who will work on building and support products focused on creating and maintaining authentication and authorization posture of Amazon and its subsidiaries. It involves processing vast data sources utilizing bleeding edge GenAI technologies to derive access patterns and presenting them to various stakeholders via a consolidated product layer.

Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Engineer in the IAM space you will work on the development of existing IAM products aimed at enhancing and optimizing the access risk posture.

A day in the life
Your day-to-day job responsibilities include:

Drive the design implementation and deployment of efficient products to deliver access risk lifecycle management capabilities.
Adopt an iterative continuous improvement approach to release and deploy features.
Work in an agile environment collaborate with peers on designs technical refinements code reviews testing and customer issues.
Develop/ adopt testing frameworks and implement test plans to improve code quality facilitate continuous delivery.
Build reusable code patterns including APIs libraries SDKs etc.
Lead design reviews to ensure all software development efforts are tactically aligned.
Mentor fellow engineers and drive engineering excellence.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security
At Amazon security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazons products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud devices retail entertainment healthcare operations and physical stores.

Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security its in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas perspectives and voices.

Training & Career Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing training and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve.

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

- 3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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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. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at TX Austin - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually