DESCRIPTION

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Arlington, VA, USA | Redmond, WA, USA

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., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

LSA (Leo Security Assurance) encompasses key functions that support compliance, audit readiness, and operational efficiency. 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. Additionally, it enhances efficiency through GRC tooling, workflow automation, and scalable reporting to support ongoing assurance activities.

Our team is at the forefront of enabling security and compliance at scale across Amazon Leo. 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.

This role is open for Redmond, WA and Arlington, VA locations.

Key job responsibilities

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.
Support the development and evolution of compliance frameworks, control mappings, and automated control testing infrastructure.
Identify opportunities for workflow automation, control inheritance, and continuous compliance improvements to streamline assurance efforts.
Participate in cross-functional design reviews and strategic planning to shape the future of Kuiper’s compliance automation ecosystem.

A day in the life

Why Amazon Security?

At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. 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.

About the team

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security?

At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. 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

Inclusive Team Culture

In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. 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.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. 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. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

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
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., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

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
1+ years of security, compliance and risk management experience
Experience integrating systems for governance, risk, and compliance purposes, including audit readiness or regulatory reporting.
Familiarity with control frameworks such as NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, or FedRAMP.
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 https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. 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. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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