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Amazon Senior Software Development Engineer, IAM Control Plane Team in Seattle, Washington
Description
At AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), we build and operate the authentication and authorization infrastructure that secures the AWS cloud. Our systems process tens of millions of transactions per second, making it one of the largest distributed systems globally. We're part of AWS Utility Computing (UC), which powers core AWS services including S3, EC2, and continues to drive industry-leading innovations across Compute, Database, Storage, IoT, Platform, and Productivity services.
We're seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer with frontend expertise to develop and enhance user experiences across multiple AWS consoles. In this role, you'll create intuitive, secure, and scalable frontend solutions that help customers manage access across their AWS environments.
Key Responsibilities:
• Design and implement frontend applications using Java and JavaScript
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and UX designers to build user-friendly security management interfaces
• Drive operational excellence and continuous improvement in application performance and security
• Contribute to architectural decisions for frontend systems at scale
• Implement and maintain frontend security best practices
Join us in building the next generation of cloud security interfaces that protect millions of AWS customers worldwide.
Key job responsibilities
Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring innovative products and services to market.
• Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry.
• Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed.
• Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use.
• Design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.
• Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.
A day in the life
You're passionate about frontend architecture, excited about emerging web standards, and driven to make complex security concepts accessible through intuitive user interfaces. You thrive in an environment where you can tackle complex problems and create maintainable solutions at massive scale.
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
Preferred Qualifications
5+ 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
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .
USA, WA, Seattle - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually