Guide architectural decisions for systems that balance multiple latency scenarios—from minute-level batch detections to month-spanning threat hunting queries
Establish software engineering best practices, code quality standards, and operational excellence for platform development
Build systems that enable data engineers to optimize performance and reduce Incident Response and Threat Hunting times, directly impacting security outcomes
Manage team capacity planning, sprint execution, and delivery commitments for critical security infrastructure
Conduct performance reviews, career development conversations, and hiring activities
Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and customer obsession focused on building scalable platforms
Collaborate with peer teams across Amazon Security and data platform teams to drive cross-functional initiatives
Manage on-call and operational readiness
About the team
The Data Cataloging and Optimization team builds the platform layer that makes Amazon's Security Data Lake fast and efficient at petabyte scale. We're software developers passionate about distributed systems, working with Apache Iceberg, AWS Glue, and Parquet to build optimization systems for data compaction, re-organization, and indexing. Our platform enables data engineers and security analysts across AWS, Amazon Stores, and Digital to investigate incidents and hunt threats—reducing query times from months to minutes. We emphasize ownership, technical excellence, and customer obsession while collaborating across Amazon Security to solve hard problems that directly impact Amazon's security posture.
3+ years of engineering team management experience
7+ years of engineering experience
8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
3+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience
1+ years of providing technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle experience
1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using Java, C#, or C++ experience
1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using service-oriented architecture experience
1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using distributed programming experience
Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
Experience partnering with product or program management teams
Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers
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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, VA, Herndon - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually
