Description Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity. Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum. KESA (Kuiper Enterprise Security Assurance) encompasses key functions that support compliance, audit readiness, and operational efficiency. It ensures compliance through scalable programs, tested controls, and continuous monitoring, while embedding compliance into services. It enables successful audits by supporting audit planning, evidence management, and stakeholder engagement. Additionally, it enhances efficiency through GRC tooling, workflow automation, and scalable reporting to support ongoing assurance activities. Our team is at the forefront of enabling security and compliance at scale across Kuiper. We work directly with Kuiper’s service teams to embed security, governance, and audit-readiness into their products and operations. As a Software Engineer on the KESA team, you will play a pivotal role in scaling Kuiper’s Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) capabilities through tooling, automation, and data integration. We are a multidisciplinary group of security specialists, software engineers, and program managers focused on solving complex compliance challenges. Our mission is to design and implement solutions that meet the stringent expectations of external regulators and our most security-conscious customers. This role is open for Sunnyvale, CA, and Redmond, WA locations. Key job responsibilities * Design and build scalable, secure software solutions to support audit readiness, governance, and regulatory compliance at scale. * Write high-quality, efficient, and testable code in modern object-oriented programming languages, contributing to both back-end services and full-stack solutions. * Develop and maintain distributed systems that enable automated evidence collection, compliance data integration, and real-time compliance monitoring. * Engineer secure data pipelines and integrations between diverse internal systems and compliance platforms, while ensuring integrity, auditability, and regulatory adherence. * Collaborate with security, legal, and compliance stakeholders to define and implement solutions that meet evolving audit, risk, and control requirements. * Contribute to the full software development lifecycle—including architecture, design, implementation, deployment, and operations—within a compliance automation team. * Partner with internal platform teams to embed governance and risk management capabilities into system design and operations. * Support the development and evolution of compliance frameworks, control mappings, and automated control testing infrastructure. * Identify opportunities for workflow automation, control inheritance, and continuous compliance improvements to streamline assurance efforts. * Participate in cross-functional design reviews and strategic planning to shape the future of Kuiper’s compliance automation ecosystem. About the team 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. Basic Qualifications - 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 - EXPORT CONTROL REQUIREMENT: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum. Preferred Qualifications - 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 - Demonstrated experience building or supporting compliance, security, or risk-related applications or automation frameworks. - Experience integrating systems for governance, risk, and compliance purposes, including audit readiness or regulatory reporting. - Familiarity with control frameworks such as NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, or FedRAMP. - Understanding of data classification, export control, and evidence management in regulated environments. - Ability to collaborate across engineering, legal, and compliance functions in a fast-paced, mission-driven organization. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a passion for creating robust and scalable systems that meet stringent audit and compliance demands. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. 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.