Software Developer Engineer, Amazon Leo Security Job at Amazon in Arlington

Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we've designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity. Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., S. as a refugee or granted asylum. It ensures compliance through scalable programs, tested controls, and continuous monitoring, while embedding compliance into services. It enables successful audits by supporting audit planning, evidence management, and stakeholder engagement. We work directly with Leo's service teams to embed security, governance, and audit-readiness into their products and operations. As a Software Engineer on the LSA team, you will play a pivotal role in scaling Leo's Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) capabilities through tooling, automation, and data integration. We are a multidisciplinary group of security specialists, software engineers, and program managers focused on solving complex compliance challenges. Our mission is to design and implement solutions that meet the stringent expectations of external regulators and our most security-conscious customers. Design and build scalable, secure software solutions to support audit readiness, governance, and regulatory compliance at scale. • Write high-quality, efficient, and testable code in modern object-oriented programming languages, contributing to both back-end services and full-stack solutions. • Develop and maintain distributed systems that enable automated evidence collection, compliance data integration, and real-time compliance monitoring. • Engineer secure data pipelines and integrations between diverse internal systems and compliance platforms, while ensuring integrity, auditability, and regulatory adherence. • Collaborate with security, legal, and compliance stakeholders to define and implement solutions that meet evolving audit, risk, and control requirements. • Contribute to the full software development lifecycle-including architecture, design, implementation, deployment, and operations-within a compliance automation team. • Partner with internal platform teams to embed governance and risk management capabilities into system design and operations. • At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores. At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores In Amazon Security, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices. Training & Career Growth We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. 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 • S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., S. as a refugee or granted asylum. 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 • 1+ years of security, compliance and risk management experience • Experience integrating systems for governance, risk, and compliance purposes, including audit readiness or regulatory reporting. • Understanding of data classification, export control, and evidence management in regulated environments. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.