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Software Development Engineer - AWS, Amazon GuardDuty

Amazon

Location

Santa Monica, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/3/2026

Compensation

$143,700 - $194,400 per year

Undergraduate with 2+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.1% approval+9% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

Amazon GuardDuty is looking for talented Software Development Engineers to join their team in Los Angeles. The role focuses on designing, building, and operating scalable distributed systems that enhance GuardDuty's Malware protection and Runtime Monitoring products. Engineers will work on complex problems at the intersection of cloud security and customer experience, directly impacting the security of AWS customers. This position involves collaboration with various teams and contributions to the full software development lifecycle.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 2+ years of design or architecture experience of new and existing systems
  • 1+ years of experience as a software development engineer or in a related role
  • 1+ years of experience designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, or distributed software applications
  • 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 experience in the full software development life cycle

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain highly available, scalable distributed systems for GuardDuty's services
  • Build and operate metadata services that enrich data for internal teams
  • Own and evolve the runtime agent provisioning and coverage platform across AWS compute services
  • Own features end-to-end across the full software development lifecycle
  • Effectively leverage AI-assisted development tooling to improve workflows
  • Write high-quality, testable code and participate in design and code reviews
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues, driving root cause analysis
  • Collaborate with security engineers, applied scientists, and product managers to define technical solutions
  • Mentor junior engineers on engineering best practices and AI tooling usage
  • Contribute to operational excellence through on-call rotations and system monitoring

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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