Software Development Engineer II, AFSS
Amazon · Herndon, VA · Software Development
About this role
Amazon is hiring a mid-level Software Engineer based in Herndon, VA. The posting calls out experience with AWS, Security, ETL, Cloud Computing. Compensation is listed at $143,700–$194,400 per year.
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Herndon, VA
- Department
- Software Development
- Posted
- Apr 7, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersThis position is located in Herndon, VA. Amazon Foundational Security Services (AFSS) is looking for a Software Development Engineer (SDE) who is excited about designing and building services that solve complex, ambiguous problems at the scale of the entire AWS cloud. Our team owns security solutions that are used by the entire company. An SDE on the team will design and develop highly scalable and available services from end-to-end. They will raise the bar for quality and delivery through mentorship of other engineers on the team. This is a highly visible role within a highly visible program at AWS and is one which provides significant opportunity to think big and deliver secure solutions for our customers. Key job responsibilities The team of engineers you will be joining is investing heavily in cloud-native and containerized technologies and has a strong focus on designing architectures which use purpose-driven compute and storage solutions that solve complex problems. We also own all parts of our service from beginning to end, including data pipelines and processing, analytics, and the interfaces our customers use, and we place a high value on collaboration and imagination in defining and creating our solutions. Therefore, you will have considerable opportunities…