Software Development Engineer, AWS Security, HawkEye
AmazonSoftware Development Engineer, AWS Security, HawkEye
AmazonLocation
Annapolis Junction, MD
Type
Full-time
Posted
8/11/2026
Compensation
$143,700 - $194,400 per year
Job description
As an AWS Security Software Development Engineer, you will develop innovative services to protect the AWS cloud from security threats. You will collaborate with data scientists and security engineers to create automated security solutions at scale. The role offers a flexible work environment and emphasizes delivering results over clocking hours. You will also have on-call responsibilities to ensure system reliability and fault tolerance.
Requirements
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 3+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience of new and existing systems
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- 4+ years of full software development life cycle experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience with large-scale data analytics and data warehousing
- Proficiency in the Rust programming language
Responsibilities
- Be a leader and role-model for Amazon Leadership Principles.
- Design scalable architectures for low-latency data processing.
- Collaborate with data scientists and security engineers to build automated security detections and mitigation workflows.
- Improve the observability, performance, and efficiency of current systems.
- Raise the bar for testing, repeatability, and automation.
- Mentor less experienced engineers on mental models, decision making, technical skills, and leadership principles.
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.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Amazon Com Services Llc
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
3,290
FY2026
Approval rate
99.1%
FY2026
LCA certified
32,937
FY2026
Entry-level share
10.6%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
+9%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-44%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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