Amazon Software Development Engineer III Devices & Services Security 

United States, New York, New York 

652396693

Amazon Devices & Services Trust and Security is looking for a strong software development engineer to design, develop, test, troubleshoot, triage, debug, deploy, maintain, document, and deliver large-scale, highly distributed innovative solutions for securing web applications and services that enable amazing customer experiences on Amazon devices at scale. You will own the design of major security tooling, infrastructure, define development roadmaps, own key deliverables and have opportunities to build them from scratch. You will lead and mentor other talented engineers. You will be responsible for building the best customer experience, keeping latency, security, and usability in mind. You will interact with Product Managers and Designers and convert their vision into a technical solution. You will collaborate with other Software Engineers to guide the team on development best practices and set examples by using them in solutions that you build. This is a high visibility and fast-paced environment where you will make a direct impact on the customer experience and the bottom line of the company. We have ambitious goals to build high impact tooling and to delight our customers with a great product.
Key job responsibilities
High-level responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:
* Gather and analyze business and functional requirements, and translate business requirements into technical design specifications.
* Write high-quality, efficient, testable code and recommend improvements in development, maintenance, and system standards, and contribute to software documentation.
* Be responsible for technical problem solving, meeting product objectives, and developing best practices
* Track and report on metrics which are key performance indicators, allowing performance improvements so that the desired outcomes are achieved to plan and in a timely manner
* Serve as an essential technical resource in the full development cycle.
* Mentor junior team members in career growth
* Work in an agile development environment.

- 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 7+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Master's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills