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Software Dev Engineer II, Shield

Company

Amazon Data Services, Inc.

Location

Seattle, Washington

Posted

April 11, 2026

Position Overview

Ever wondered how AWS protects its infrastructure from the ever-evolving threat of DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks? The Shield team serves as AWS's central defense force, standing at the forefront of protecting AWS infrastructure and millions of customers from sophisticated attacks across the internet. Our mission is critical: safeguard the AWS cloud infrastructure that powers a significant portion of the modern internet.

We build sophisticated services and tools to detect incoming threats and prevent or mitigate their impact on our cloud services. In today's rapidly changing threat landscape—from advanced botnet attacks to emerging attack vectors—we must constantly evolve our defenses to stay ahead of adversaries.

What we do makes a real difference, and we're far from done. We're seeking passionate software developers who want to make an impact by preventing DDoS attacks against our cloud services and continuously evolving our defenses as the threat land...

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