Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS Security
Amazon · Seattle, WA · Software Development
About this role
Amazon is hiring a senior-level Software Engineer based in Seattle, WA. The posting calls out experience with AWS, LLMs, Security, Observability. Compensation is listed at $168,100–$227,400 per year.
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Seattle, WA
- Department
- Software Development
- Posted
- May 5, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersAt Amazon Security, we hire the best minds in technology to innovate and build on behalf of our customers. The focus we have on our customers is why we are one of the world’s most beloved brands – customer obsession is part of our company DNA. Amazon Security is a multidisciplinary team comprised of software engineers, security engineers, program managers, data engineers, and compliance specialists. If you are looking for an opportunity to think big, invent, experiment, build, and have a material impact on cloud security and compliance, this is it. We build and maintain the tooling and services that enable Security Operations to operate at scale. Our charter is to automate, innovate, and scale: reducing manual toil, improving response times, and giving security analysts the intelligent tooling they need to keep pace with AWS's growth. Our portfolio includes AI-powered incident response assistants, security issue management integrations, mass notification platforms, inbound email triage systems, and data analytics solutions. We are hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer to serve as the technical lead for the Gravemind team. You will own architecture decisions, drive design reviews, mentor engineers, and deliver on critical-path implementations. You will partner closely with security analysts who rely…