At Amazon Web Services Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM) we build, operate, and innovate the identity management, authentication, and authorization stack for the AWS cloud. Our mission is to push the technical boundaries to enable AWS customers to run their business workloads confidently and securely. As part of this mission, we Think Big and Dive Deep as we leverage technology to give customers state-of-the-art controls to manage access across all their AWS environments. At IAM, we operate one of the largest distributed systems in the world, which processes tens of millions of transactions per second.
With the growth of AWS, the customer workloads and access patterns keep evolving, demanding the next order of magnitude scalability. We are looking for a talented software engineer who is passionate about taking on complex problems and creating scalable, maintainable solutions at massive scale.


Key job responsibilities
You must have strong technical skills, be an efficient communicator and have motivation, vision and high judgement to stay focused on key business outcomes to deliver results in a fast-paced environment. IAM is a highly technical space with emphasis on security, scale and operational excellence. You will be expected to be a strong technical contributor who effectively partners with others, keeps the big picture in sight, informs prioritization & builds consensus. Core responsibilities include design and implementation of complex system components while maintaining an uncompromising bar on quality and supporting less experienced members of the team in growing in their craft.