Sr. Security Engineer, Amazon Stores Security AppSec
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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 Amazons 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.
In Amazon Stores we ship some of the widest arrays of technology found at any company. From to world class machine learning pipelines from borderless digital healthcare to no-checkout retail we push the boundaries of technology in every direction using the globes largest AWS deployment.
As a Senior Security Engineer you will collaborate with software development teams to ensure we keep our customers safe while developing these novel a given day you might be inspecting an applications code for security issues building a new framework to help our software developers build faster and more securely or fine-tuning the design for a new service alongside its software developers.
The ideal candidate combines technical acumen with an ability to lead by influence and communicate clearly. Technically this person will be a security generalist with one or more areas of deep their communication they will clearly articulate risks to technical and non-technical audiences alike. Interpersonally successful candidates will effectively harmonize disparate opinions while effectively
prioritizing risks to guide their partners towards secure solutions.
Our organization prizes its employees and we show it through investing in work-life harmony. We have dedicated resources that consistently innovate in reducing on-call time and ensuring the team spend their time on the highest-value tasks. Join
the stores AppSec organization to work hard have fun and make history!
Key job responsibilities
- Creating updating and maintaining threat models for a wide variety of software projects.
- Manual and Automated Secure Code Review primarily in Java Python and Javascript.
- Development of security automation tools.
- Adversarial security analysis using novel tools to augment manual effort.
- Security training and outreach for internal development teams.
- Security architecture and design guidance.
- Independently solve security problems that require novel methods or approaches.
- Influence your teams and partners process priorities and choices to improve outcomes.
- Be on the forefront of AI adoption in process and tooling
About the team
About Amazon Security:
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 hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont 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 Amazons 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 its 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
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll 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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve.
- Experience (non-internship) in scripting programming and security code reviewing in a common programming language
- Experience (non-internship) in troubleshooting systems issues analyzing logs or automating complex tasks using command line tools
- Experience working in identifying security issues and risks and developing mitigation plans
- Experience (non-internship) in industry-based security vulnerabilities identification attack patterns and remediation techniques
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Experience in scaling security reviews with AI/LLM
- Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
- Experience with security in service-oriented architectures/microservices and web services
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover invent simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice ( to know more about how we collect use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
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. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
In Amazon Stores we ship some of the widest arrays of technology found at any company. From to world class machine learning pipelines from borderless digital healthcare to no-checkout retail we push the boundaries of technology in every direction using the globes largest AWS deployment.
As a Senior Security Engineer you will collaborate with software development teams to ensure we keep our customers safe while developing these novel a given day you might be inspecting an applications code for security issues building a new framework to help our software developers build faster and more securely or fine-tuning the design for a new service alongside its software developers.
The ideal candidate combines technical acumen with an ability to lead by influence and communicate clearly. Technically this person will be a security generalist with one or more areas of deep their communication they will clearly articulate risks to technical and non-technical audiences alike. Interpersonally successful candidates will effectively harmonize disparate opinions while effectively
prioritizing risks to guide their partners towards secure solutions.
Our organization prizes its employees and we show it through investing in work-life harmony. We have dedicated resources that consistently innovate in reducing on-call time and ensuring the team spend their time on the highest-value tasks. Join
the stores AppSec organization to work hard have fun and make history!
Key job responsibilities
- Creating updating and maintaining threat models for a wide variety of software projects.
- Manual and Automated Secure Code Review primarily in Java Python and Javascript.
- Development of security automation tools.
- Adversarial security analysis using novel tools to augment manual effort.
- Security training and outreach for internal development teams.
- Security architecture and design guidance.
- Independently solve security problems that require novel methods or approaches.
- Influence your teams and partners process priorities and choices to improve outcomes.
- Be on the forefront of AI adoption in process and tooling
About the team
About Amazon Security:
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 hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont 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 Amazons 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 its 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
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll 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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve.
- Experience (non-internship) in scripting programming and security code reviewing in a common programming language
- Experience (non-internship) in troubleshooting systems issues analyzing logs or automating complex tasks using command line tools
- Experience working in identifying security issues and risks and developing mitigation plans
- Experience (non-internship) in industry-based security vulnerabilities identification attack patterns and remediation techniques
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Experience in scaling security reviews with AI/LLM
- Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
- Experience with security in service-oriented architectures/microservices and web services
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover invent simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice ( to know more about how we collect use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
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. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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