The Senior Software Engineer role at Amazon focuses on developing AI-powered security solutions for open source software and the software supply chain. The AWS Security Customer Outcomes Team is dedicated to improving security practices and enhancing user experiences globally. This position requires collaboration with various stakeholders and the ability to mentor junior engineers. The role emphasizes innovation, operational excellence, and proactive security automation.

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language
• 5+ years of experience leading design or architecture of new and existing systems
• Experience as a mentor or tech lead for an engineering team
• Knowledge of Machine Learning and LLM fundamentals
• Experience contributing to open source projects
• 5+ years of experience in the full software development life cycle
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Experience in developing and deploying LLMs in production
• Experience with open source security practices

• Architect and build AI-powered security applications and tooling
• Transform manual processes into high volume, machine speed pipelines
• Collaborate with and influence other leaders in the open source ecosystem
• Drive proactive security automation to identify and remediate security issues
• Own operational excellence by defining and maintaining SLAs and incident response
• Lead technical design by producing design documents and conducting trade-off analysis
• Mentor security engineers and conduct code and design reviews

• 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.