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Passionate about protecting customer data? Come join us as we craft impactful products and great experiences across a wide surface of customers!\nAmazon’s mission is to be ‘Earth’s Most Customer-Centric Company’ and our team is an essential part of that mission. We enable Customer Service and other businesses with rigorous authentication of Customer Service Agents and retail customers to hold a high bar for securing access to customer data. This includes password-auth, token-based MFA, rules-based/fine-grained/contextual authorization, operations and governance systems. Our team lives in a multi-dimensional world of delivering for customers, addressing risks and continually making our products and experiences more secure.\nWe’re seeking Software Development Engineers to drive the next generation of authorization solutions, solving problems for which there are no off-the-shelf solutions. 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We grow careers here - we look for every opportunity to get the correct work, complexity and challenges in front of team members so they can realize the growth they’re seeking.\nAbout the team\nCSIAM team places a premium on caring for each other and driving an optimal work/life balance - we work hard to deliver for customers, and we support each other closely to make sure we have time to enjoy friends, family and the fruits of our labor. We’re based in Seattle and support products, services and teams around the globe.\nDiverse Experiences\nAmazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. \nWhy Amazon Security \nAt Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.\nWork/Life Balance \nWe value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve. \nInclusive Team Culture \nIn Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.\nTraining and Career growth\nWe’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. \nBasic qualifications\n- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience\n- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience\n- Experience programming with at least one software programming language\nPreferred qualifications\n- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience\n- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent\nAmazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.\nOur inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. 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