Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Security Experiences

Are you interested in building software security solutions that protect systems and data across an entire enterprise? Are you interested in working backwards from the customer to ensure you're solving the right problems? We are looking for a Software Development Engineer to help us build the next generation of security automation, capable of securing systems and resources on a massive scale, powered entirely by AWS. If you are not an AWS power-user, you will be after working with us.

The Amazon Security Experiences (ASE) team is looking for a Software Development Engineer to join our team and build mission-critical systems that protect Amazon at scale.

Our organization is responsible for the protection of customer and corporate data. We're connected to all parts of Amazon's business and its massive, worldwide service-oriented architecture. We enable the Amazon business to build, architect, and operate their enterprise-scale systems securely on AWS.

ASE is building a single security platform for Amazon where builders, security engineers, and automation systems can manage security reviews and security issues through UI, API, and agentic experiences. In 2026, we are converging multiple issue management and security review tools—Shepherd, Mirador, Talos, Workbench, and Sauron—into a unified platform that becomes the single source of truth for all security issues across Amazon.

This role puts you at the forefront of agentic AI innovation. We are building agentic flows that remove friction from security workflows: builders interact with security tooling through the agents and AI environments they already use, rather than navigating separate surfaces to view issues, request extensions, file exceptions, or manage security reviews. You will design and build MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable any Amazon builder to install and access their prioritized security issues within their AI environment, develop agent skills (like "triage my open issues"), and expand into write actions that allow agents to take action on behalf of builders. This is a greenfield opportunity to help define how AI agents interact with security platforms at Amazon-wide scale.

Our problem space presents the opportunity to innovate in areas such as enterprise-scale resource management in the cloud, real-time cloud intelligence, building systems that make it easy for service owners to build and maintain secure systems, and pioneering agentic and AI-native experiences for security engineering. You will own and deliver features end-to-end, contribute to system design, and collaborate with experienced engineers to solve complex problems at scale. You will also have the unique opportunity to provide inputs to the next generation of AWS services by representing one of its largest enterprise customers, Amazon.

Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Engineer on the team you will:
- be an autonomous contributor across all the software the team owns.
- deliver features which directly impact the customer experience spanning from frontend website to backend services
- work backwards from our customer to software design, implementation, testing, and deployment, operations, and documentation.
- contribute to all parts of the software development and deployment lifecycle, including design, development, documentation, testing and operations
- demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills
- deliver high quality results in a fast paced environment

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, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t 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 Amazon’s 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.

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, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it’s 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 and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

#JoinBST - 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
- Bachelor's 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.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, TX, Austin - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually