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Software Dev Engineer, AWS WAF Bot Control and Fraud Prevention

Amazon

Location

Seattle, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/8/2026

Compensation

$143,700 - $194,400 per year

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Job description

This role is focused on building and maintaining AWS WAF, a service that protects web applications from attacks in real-time. You will join a diverse team of engineers and specialists dedicated to delivering high standards of safety and security while ensuring optimal performance. The position involves leveraging AWS services to create scalable solutions that integrate seamlessly into customer workflows. You will also be responsible for innovating solutions to complex challenges in the cloud infrastructure space.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience of new and existing systems
  • 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
  • 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications using C#, C++, Java, or Perl
  • 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
  • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
  • Experience programming with at least one software programming language
  • 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience
  • Knowledge of at least one programming language such as Java, C#, JavaScript, Python, Ruby or Perl
  • Experience with architecting highly available systems

Responsibilities

  • Build globally-scaled microservices across AWS Regions and CloudFront edge locations
  • Process millions of requests with single-digit millisecond latency
  • Design highly available systems that never compromise on security
  • Own the complete customer experience and per-request rule processing for CloudFront, API Gateway, and ALB
  • Lead design and architecture decisions for new features and services
  • Research and innovate solutions in uncharted problem spaces
  • Interact directly with customers to gather requirements and validate solutions
  • Build, test, deploy, and operationally support production systems
  • Influence the technical direction of AWS WAF and future security services

Benefits

  • Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.

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