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Software Development Engineer III, Secure Foundations - Detective Tooling

New York, New York, United States💼 Full-time💰 $184,900–$250,200🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-25

Core

Design and build large-scale automated detection services to find and mitigate security threats across the AWS cloud environment.

Role type

Senior IC software development engineer (security tooling)

Builds

Automated security detection services and remediation campaigns for AWS

Domain

Cloud security / Distributed systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

System design, scalable architecture, security threat analysis, end-to-end service development, rapid prototyping, cross-team coordination

Preferred skills

Full SDLC experience, code review leadership, mentorship

Technologies

AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda)

Responsibilities

Design and develop highly scalable systems for detecting security issues; Rapidly prototype and incubate new security features; Work with internal teams to coordinate security improvements; Implement systems to protect AWS from emerging threats

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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