Software Development Engineer II, Payments Security

- 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

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Are you looking for a greenfield project with Amazon-scale impact? Join us in Payments Security, where we're at the forefront of creating multiple security services and automation tools to combat the ever-evolving landscape of cyber-security crimes.

Picture yourself shaping the future by building software that safeguards the core systems facilitating payments for all Amazon purchases worldwide. Our focus is on securing the expansive ecosystem of Amazon Payments, which handles millions of transactions daily across numerous countries and payment methods. Over 100 million customers and merchants send tens of billions of dollars through our systems annually. Protecting these systems is our top priority.

As part of our team, you'll cater to a diverse range of customers, from security engineers seeking a comprehensive understanding of intricate Amazon systems and their security, to service teams in need of solutions that simplify the process of building and operating secure systems. We're redefining the vision of our platform, crafting the next generation of capabilities for account management, permission management, threat monitoring, and detection platforms, all designed to support Amazon-scale without compromising the highest security standards. Our ambitious goals keep us at the forefront of security innovation, ensuring we not only stay ahead of the curve but also deliver exceptional products that delight our customers. Join us and be a driving force in the future of security at Amazon.


Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Engineer in the Payment Security organization, you will:

- be responsible for designing, architecting, developing, testing, deploying and delivering scalable, multi-tiered software applications or services using modern languages, design patterns, frameworks and technologies.
- work very closely with security engineering teams to design and implement bleeding-edge security features and multi-tier distributed services.
- estimate engineering effort, plan implementation, and rollout system changes that meet requirements for functionality, performance, scalability, reliability, and adherence to development goals and principles.
- effectively collaborate in a fast paced organization with multiple teams.

Successful candidates for this position must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, be self-driven, and deliver high quality results. You will be able to develop plans and invent mechanisms that scale to meet the broad and diverse needs of teams across Amazon. You will have a strong customer obsession, working to deeply understand the needs of your customers and relentlessly looking to improve their experience and make them more productive.

A day in the life
The team is a strong, close-knit group with a focus on learning, growing, and delivering results together. We have regular architecture and knowledge shares, and our high level of team trust makes this the ideal environment to lead and grow to the next level. You will be interacting with your peers and senior engineers to design solutions for Permission Management, Security Detections, Preventions and Remediation problems. You will be meeting with customers directly, our senior security engineers, principal engineers, applied scientists and service owners who will give their security requirements and review your solutions to better index our efforts. You will be responsible for building automation software and launching it for Amazon to protect against cyber security crimes.



About the team
Our team believes in experimenting, learning and trying new things even if it means taking great risks. We support each other to build innovative things and lead the vision of our automation solutions. Our mission is to "Reduce Friction to Security by building solutions that solve problems Faster, Reliably and Consistently".

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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.

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