Senior Security Engineer

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About the Role

Twitch Security helps engineering teams across the company build and operate services for our customers and employees safely. As a Senior Security Engineer you will report to the Head of Product Security and help secure our services throughout the software development lifecycle. This technical role leverages both application and infrastructure security knowledge. You will partner with our service teams to implement secure defaults identify security issues and implement security fixes and improvements. Additionally you will partner with other Twitch Security teams and senior leaders across Twitch and Amazon to identify opportunities to collaborate towards our security strategy.

Does that sound like you or like someone you want to be Cool. We would like for you to apply. You cannot waste our time. Let us worry about our time. We do not expect expertise in all of our responsibility areas but we do expect you to be fluent with almost all of them and demonstrate technical expertise in several.

You can work from Twitchs headquarters in San Francisco CA; or from one of our hub locations in Seattle WA; Irvine CA; Los Angeles CA or New York City NY.

You Will

- Conduct product security assessments across all Twitch services and help establish secure defaults. Advocate for secure outcomes in design architecture and development
- Own identification of ambiguous security issues across all of Twitch scale mitigations using Amazon/Twitch tools and security frameworks
- Collaborate with peer security teams to influence and scale security efforts earlier in the software development lifecycle
- Perform reviews throughout the product and infrastructure development lifecycle including but not limited to: design review threat modeling attack surface identification vulnerability assessment and remediation
- Work on strategic security programs to engage on large security anti-patterns
- Play co-op and help grow security engineers across the company. Bring new ideas emerging throughout the information security field

Perks
- Medical Dental Vision & Disability Insurance
- 401(k)
- Maternity & Parental Leave
- Flexible PTO
- Amazon Employee Discount

- 5 years of experience in application and infrastructure security including exposure to cloud security within AWS and GCP infrastructure
- Proficiency in understanding Go code or other languages that support object oriented programming principles such as C/C# Python and JavaScript
- Demonstrated ability to automate security tooling and integrate security checks into development workflows
- Experience driving security outcomes in large company wide programs
- Knowledge of microservices architecture inter-service call authorization and experience reviewing them with a security perspective
- Diverse interest and understanding in cloud application and infrastructure security topics

- Extensive knowledge of AWS platforms and services
- Extensive knowledge of internet security issues and threat landscape that focus on live streaming and video delivery services
- Independent program management and strategy establishment capability

Twitch is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247600/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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.