Senior Software Dev Engineer, GuardDuty

Overview In this role you will help design and operate massively scalable threat-detection systems for Amazon GuardDuty, extending capabilities into AI threat detection for generative AI applications. You will collaborate with applied scientists and security researchers to convert research into production-ready analytics and ML-based detections. You’ll own end-to-end software delivery, contribute to resilient, high-availability services, and support customers with secure, trusted detections at scale. This position offers mentoring and a growth-focused environment with a strong culture of knowledge sharing. Compensation / Benefitshealth, dental, vision insurance401(k) matchingpaid time offRSUs / stock-based compensationsign-on paymentsparenteral leave ResponsibilitiesDesign, build, and operate large-scale, distributed security detection systemsExtend GuardDuty into AI Threat Detection for AI models and generative AI appsCollaborate with scientists and researchers to productionize research outcomes (anomaly detection, LLM-based approaches)Lead full software development lifecycle from scoping to deployment and opsConduct design and code reviews focusing on architecture, scalability, and performanceMaintain highly available, customer-facing services with on-call responsibilitiesParticipate in root cause analysis and long-term reliability improvements Key requirements5+ years of professional software development experience5+ years of programming in at least one language5+ years of leading design or architecture of new or existing systemsExperience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering teammentoringteam collaborationcommunicationlarge-scale distributed systemsML and MLOps in productionanomaly detection techniques