Join Amazon's AWS Compliance & Security Assurance team as a Software Development Engineer II, focusing on Denied Party Screening. This role is pivotal in safeguarding customer trust by preventing prohibited transactions with denied entities. You'll leverage advanced algorithms and machine learning to screen billions of events daily, tackling unique scaling and throughput challenges. As we continue our 'Day 1' journey, you will contribute to an exciting roadmap for detection and resolution systems, ensuring Amazon's future growth.

This opportunity is ideal for a passionate software engineer eager to tackle complex problems from the ground up. Collaborating within a multidisciplinary team of engineers, ML scientists, and domain experts, you will shape customer experiences and protect the Amazon brand. If you possess an entrepreneurial spirit, a track record of delivery, technical acumen, and a drive for innovation, especially in building relationship-optimized (graph) systems, we invite you to connect with us.

As a Software Development Engineer in this critical role, your responsibilities will include:

- Architecting and building large-scale, highly available, and low-latency distributed systems. - Collaborating with your team to design, implement, rigorously test, release, and maintain software solutions of significant complexity. - Proposing, developing, and refining innovative new solutions for production deployment. - Taking end-to-end ownership of vital components essential for maintaining Amazon's and its businesses' compliance.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

- A minimum of 3 years of professional software development experience, excluding internships. - At least 2 years of experience in designing or architecting new and existing systems, demonstrating proficiency in design patterns, reliability, and scaling principles. - Demonstrated experience programming in at least one software programming language.

Preferred qualifications include:

- Over 3 years of comprehensive experience across the full software development life cycle, encompassing coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations. - A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.