Software Development Engineer, Secure Channel Systems
Amazon · Seattle, WA · Software Development
About this role
Amazon is hiring a mid-level Software Engineer based in Seattle, WA. The posting calls out experience with Java, Rust, AWS, Networking. 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
- Seattle, WA
- Department
- Software Development
- Posted
- May 19, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersAs a Software Development Engineer focused on building secure channel solutions for AWS foundational services, you will play a crucial role in designing and developing highly secure, scalable, and performant communication channels for diverse AWS offerings. Your primary responsibility will be to implement robust encryption in transit mechanisms to protect data in transit, ensuring the end-to-end security of customer information. You will collaborate closely SDEs across AWS services, as well as security teams and program managers, to build solutions that address complex security challenges, constantly working to optimize and harden our secure channels to meet evolving compliance and regulatory requirements. Throughout this process, you will demonstrate your experience as a software engineer with a focus on building secure distributed systems. You may bring a deep understanding of network security, cryptography, and secure communication protocols, such as TLS and QUIC, or you may be excited to learn more about these topics. Your proficiency in programming languages like Rust or Java will be instrumental in your success. You bring a strong customer focus to your work, ensuring that the solutions you build will be easy to adopt and operate. Your strong problem-solving skills and your capacity to work effectively in a fast-paced,…