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Posted date: Jul 28, 2025
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Location: Seattle, WA
Estimated salary: $245,650
Range: $180,100 - $311,200
Description
Security Issue Management builds the solutions that keep Amazon systems and data secure on behalf of the Amazon customer. Our customers range from security engineers who need a comprehensive understanding of Amazon systems and their security state, to service teams who need solutions that make it easy to build and operate secure systems. We use the latest technology, including AWS, to solve security problems at Amazon scale. We employ automation and machine learning to reduce, or eliminate, manual effort to help our internal customers raise the security bar. We have bold goals to stay ahead of the curve on security and delight our customers with great products. You will represent one of the largest customers of AWS - Amazon eCommerce and other business to influence and drive new features in AWS products to meet our diverse and growing needs. Are you interested in building software security solutions that protect systems and data across an entire enterprise? Are you interested in working backwards from the customer to ensure you're solving the right problems? We are looking for a Principal Engineer to help us build the next generation of security automation, capable of securing systems and resources on a massive scale, powered entirely by AWS. If you are not an AWS power-user, you will be after working with us. This is a rare opportunity to join at the early stage of a critical project. Our organization is responsible for the protection of customer and corporate data. We're connected to all parts of Amazon's business and its massive, worldwide service-oriented architecture. We enable the Amazon business to build, architect, and operate their enterprise-scale systems securely on AWS. What you will do: In this role, you will lead the technical vision and architecture for mission critical systems. Our problem space presents the opportunity to innovate in areas such as enterprise scale resource management in the cloud, real time cloud intelligence, and building systems that make it easy for service owners to build and maintain secure systems. You will partner with the leadership team to drive key engineering and business decisions that will influence and impact Amazon’s software stack on AWS. You will also have the unique opportunity to provide inputs to the next generation of AWS services by representing one of its largest enterprise customers, Amazon. What we are looking for: The successful candidate is expected to contribute to all parts of the software development and deployment lifecycle, including design, development, documentation, testing and operations. They must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, be self-driven, and deliver high quality results in a fast paced environment. They need to enjoy working closely with their peers in a collaborative setting. A day in the life About the hiring group Job responsibilitiesQualifications
As a Principal Engineer, you must have demonstrated the ability to be technically fearless, consult with experts to build expertise, and form simple designs to solve complex problems. In addition, you must have demonstrated expertise in:* architecting secure, scalable, distributed systems with scale-out cloud architectures
* disambiguating a complex domain to distill the essence into purpose built services
* designing data for scale out architectures with traffic management/throttling for large scale systems,
* designing metrics and canaries that promote resilience
* implementing patterns that promote both fault isolation and compliance
Extended Qualifications
As an Amazon.com Principal Engineer you’ll be expected to:* Serve as a technical lead on our most demanding, cross-functional projects.
* Ensure the quality of architecture and design of systems.
* Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions.
* Assist in the career development of others, actively mentoring individuals and the community on advanced technical issues and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $180,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $311,200/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.
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