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Software Development Engineer, AWS IAM Identity Center, jamesg Team

Seattle, WAOnsiteFull Time$143,700–$194,400 /yrPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • AWS IAM Identity Center
  • architecture
  • security
  • user experience

Nice to have

  • coding standards
  • code reviews
  • source control management

Role summary

AWS Identity platform is seeking a Software Development Engineer for the AWS IAM Identity Center team. This role involves designing and building innovative services that manage customer identities and access to AWS applications and SaaS offerings. The engineer will collaborate with talented peers, operate at the intersection of security and user experience, and leverage the latest technologies to solve complex problems. The position requires professional software development experience, system design and architecture experience, and programming skills. Preferred qualifications include experience with the full software development lifecycle and a Bachelor's degree in computer science.

AWS Identity platform provides the bedrock for secure and continuous access to all AWS services. By quickly connecting millions of users, across the world we empower organizations and enterprises to accelerate their cloud and digital transformation.

Engineers within AWS Identity need to be creative, responsible, and curious while working with others to move quickly in turning code into customer solutions. You’re excited about rolling up your sleeves, implementing ideas, and learning from those around you. You relish the opportunity to dig into challenging operational issues, fix them permanently while taking the learning back as you design the next iteration.

This specific position within AWS IAM Identity Center where you design and build services that enables customers manage their workforce and individual identities and manage their access to AWS applications and SaaS offerings.

Key job responsibilities
In this role, you will collaborate with talented engineers to build innovative services used by millions of users worldwide. Our team operates at the intersection of security and user experience, enhancing both for AWS customers. You will work on core platforms that power AWS IAM Identity Center, leveraging the latest technologies to solve complex problems.

About the team
AWS IAM Identity Center (IdC) helps customers securely create or connect workforce identities and manage their access centrally across AWS accounts and applications. IdC simplifies the administrative complexity of federating and managing permissions separately for each AWS account, allows customers to set up AWS applications from a single interface, and to assign access to their cloud applications from a single place. IdC offers additional identity federation functionality to provide a uniform identity platform for a large set of internal AWS Data, ML & Business applications such as QuickSight, Sagemaker, RedShift and IoT. Basic Qualifications: - 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language Preferred Qualifications: - 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.



USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

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