# Software Development Engineer II, Drift Defender

Software Development Engineer, Drift Defender: AWS Proactive Security AWS Proactive Security protects AWS by finding and fixing security risks before anyone can exploit them. We build the technology that keeps AWS infrastructure, pipelines and accounts in a known secure state, at a scale few organizations ever see. The Drift Defender team in New York City (JFK14) is part of AWS Proactive Security. We detect security configuration drift across AWS and fix it automatically. Drift Defender continuously checks resources against security intents, flags deviations and brings them back into compliance without slowing builders down. We build large, highly available systems that turn security policy into guardrails that run at AWS scale. The team keeps expanding Drift Defender's coverage and its integrations across the AWS security ecosystem. This work is central to how AWS scales its security posture, and it directly reduces risk for AWS and its customers. We're looking for engineers who enjoy solving hard distributed systems problems, designing creative solutions and building secure systems at scale, and who do well in a fast-moving, high-ownership environment. You'll build systems that d

- **Id**: 4269540
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/amazon-software-development-engineer-ii-drift-defender>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: New York, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T17:17:56Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T17:17:56Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6357
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule, Health insurance, Parental leave, Restricted stock units
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Advertising, Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Logistics, Streaming & OTT Platforms

## Company

- **Id**: 19
- **Name**: Amazon
- **Domain**: amazon.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/amazon>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Career site

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 4651
- **Ghost share**: 0.001
- **Stale share**: 0.889
- **Repost share**: 0.003
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 31
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 158100
- **Max**: 213800
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 213800

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Perl** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T17:17:56Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 23,961 · green card filings: 81; Filings 12m: 23961

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 32
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T19:43:21Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 213800
- **Is top pay**: yes

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