Each day, hundreds of thousands of developers make billions of transactions worldwide on our cloud. They harness the power of Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enable innovative applications, websites, and businesses. The AWS Security team owns security for all of these services offered by AWS, including EC2, S3, and many others. As a Software Development Manager (SDM) at AWS Security, you work on raising the bar of security at AWS and for hundreds of millions of customers around the world. You can expect to design flexible and scalable solutions, and work on some of the most complex challenges in security by utilizing your skills in data structures, algorithms, software development, Machine Learning, and object-oriented programming.

Along with complex problems to solve, we provide you a world class work environment and a chance to work with the industry most talented team members in the data engineering and software development space. You will lead on how to design, build, test, and implement scalable solutions.

Are you interested in building high-performance, globally scalable security services that support current and future growth for AWS? Do you have a passion for ensuring a positive customer experience? This is the job for you.

The AWS Security Team is looking for an experienced Software Development Manager to play a key role in building a new team to support security services that will be used by all AWS service teams and our customers. Our ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys the challenge of highly complex business contexts that are typically being defined in real-time.
The ideal candidate will be passionate about leading a team to build the next generation of scalable and fast distributed systems on industry leading technologies.

Prior security experience not required

About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

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.

Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.