Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Security Data Engineering

As a Software Development Engineer on the Amazon Security Data Engineering (ASDE) organization’s Data Access team, you will develop software features and applications that empower security engineers to query and analyze security‑relevant data at petabyte scale. Your work will directly support critical security functions including Threat Detection, Threat Hunting, and Incident Response.

• Design and implement scalable, highly available, and fault‑tolerant systems
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in a production environment
• Develop software features for data querying capabilities, scheduled job processing, and data discovery functionality at scale
• Build data‑intensive applications using big data frameworks like Apache Spark, Trino, and Iceberg
• Collaborate with security domain experts to translate analytical requirements into well‑designed software solutions
• Continuously improve code quality, development processes, and full‑stack software practices
• Contribute to technical documentation for knowledge sharing
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance
• Participate in on‑call rotations to support production systems

The Amazon Security Data Engineering Data Access team builds infrastructure enabling security engineers to query petabyte‑scale data effectively. Our vision: “Provide secure, foundational data access and querying services to Amazon Security, enabling teams to analyze petabyte‑scale datasets safely, with minimal cognitive load and optimal cost efficiency.” We combine expertise in Apache Spark, Trino, and Iceberg with security domain knowledge to support security functions like Threat Detection, Hunting, and Incident Response teams.

You'll collaborate with security professionals to understand their needs while designing solutions that strengthen Amazon’s security posture.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

• 3+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience
• 3+ years of non‑internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 3+ years of designing and developing large‑scale, multi‑tiered, multi‑threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

• 3+ years of full software…