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Software Development Engineer, AWS Fraud Prevention

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Arlington, VA$143.7k - $194.4kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

SDE role focused on designing and building highly scalable distributed systems for fraud prevention and protection of AWS customers, with an AI-first approach and real-time detection capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate highly scalable distributed systems to create backend services and serverless workflows that take actions where correctness directly protects AWS customers and revenue.
  • Own features end to end: write design docs, implement in Java/TypeScript on Lambda, DynamoDB, and EventBridge, and ship through CDK-managed pipelines that deploy to 38+ commercial regions plus GovCloud and sovereign clouds.
  • Write high-quality, production-ready code for services that must be available 24/7 with zero tolerance for downtime.
  • Own the full lifecycle of your solutions — from design and implementation through deployment, monitoring, and operational excellence.
  • Build agentic and LLM-based automation that triages fraud signals and use AI developer tools daily.
  • Learn from others, mentor teammates, and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
  • Collaborate with applied scientists to integrate machine learning models into real-time decisioning systems.
  • Work in a fast-paced, agile environment where you're solving complex problems with direct, measurable impact on AWS security.

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

Skills

Required:JavaTypeScriptLambdaDynamoDBEventBridgeCDKDistributed systems
Nice to have:Machine Learning integration

Benefits

  • base salary with sign-on payments and RSUs
  • comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D with optional supplemental life plans), EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • 401(k) matching
  • paid time off
  • parental leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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