Software Development Engineer III, Traffic Engineering

Amazon's Unified Authorization team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer III to join their Traffic Engineering division. This role is crucial in securing service-to-service communications across Amazon's entire ecosystem, ensuring secure customer and corporate interactions for services like retail website, Alexa, and Kindle. The team operates at the intersection of system resiliency, constant availability, and rapid deployment capabilities, handling millions of requests per minute.

The position offers an opportunity to work on complex security software for high-availability systems, making it easier for customers to follow security best practices. You'll be part of a team that develops and maintains critical infrastructure supporting every aspect of Amazon's business, including next-generation retail services on AWS infrastructure.

As an SDE III, you'll be responsible for improving quality, consistency, maintainability, performance, and security of systems at unprecedented scale. The role requires strong leadership skills, as you'll be expected to mentor others and contribute to the architecture and design of new and existing systems.

The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in software development, system architecture, and team leadership. You'll be working with modern programming languages and dealing with complex distributed systems challenges. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives on solving complex problems and wants to impact millions of customers while working with cutting-edge technology at scale.