Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering

AWS Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) embeds AI engineers directly inside strategic enterprise customers to design build and deploy production-grade AI systems. We are looking for a Security Engineer to join the FDE security team and help secure production AI systems deployed in customer environments.

You will conduct security reviews write security tooling perform threat modeling and implement controls that protect AI systems built by FDE engineers. You work alongside FDE delivery pods in customer environments getting hands-on with production code cloud infrastructure and AI/ML pipelines. You learn fast ship fast and build security into the system rather than bolting it on after the fact.

This is a hands-on security engineering role where you spend most of your time writing code reviewing architectures and testing systems. You work with senior security engineers who will mentor you but you own real security deliverables from your first engagement. If you want to learn AI security by doing it in production at enterprise scale this is the role.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen.


Key job responsibilities
- Conduct security design reviews code reviews and architecture assessments for production AI systems (agentic workflows RAG pipelines orchestration layers model integrations) under guidance from senior security engineers
- Perform threat modeling and penetration testing for AI/ML applications deployed in customer environments; identify vulnerabilities and work with FDE engineers to implement fixes before production release
- Build and maintain security automation: scanning tools CI/CD security gates guardrail testing scripts secrets detection and dependency vulnerability checks for forward-deployed AI systems
- Implement security controls for AI-specific threats: prompt injection prevention output filtering data isolation model API endpoint hardening and guardrail configuration
- Support security incident response for FDE-delivered production AI systems; assist with triage root cause analysis and remediation under senior engineer guidance
- Document security findings patterns and remediation guidance as reusable playbooks and runbooks that benefit future FDE engagements
- Contribute to the FDE security accelerator library: reusable modules templates and reference configurations that help FDE engineers build secure AI systems faster
- Requires up to 25% travel

A day in the life
You start the morning running your automated security scan against a new Bedrock-powered application an FDE pod shipped overnight triaging the findings and filing issues for two real vulnerabilities. Mid-morning you pair with an FDE engineer to fix an IAM policy thats overly permissive for their multi-agent orchestration system. After lunch youre writing a Python script that automates guardrail bypass testing for the teams standard deployment pattern. You close out the day joining a threat modeling session led by a senior security engineer where you learn how to assess data flow risks in a customers RAG pipeline. Every week youre working on a different AI architecture building skills you cant get anywhere else.

About the team
AWS Forward Deployed Engineering embeds AI engineers directly inside strategic enterprise customers to build production AI systems. AWS invested $1B in this initiative. We move at the speed of the customer: demonstrating ROI in weeks not quarters. We are customer-obsessed. We lead customers toward outcomes build together and leave behind scalable patterns. Security is our enabling function: without it nothing goes to production. Our culture is people-first anti-burnout bold and engineering-excellence-driven.

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- 2 years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience secure coding identity management and authentication software development cryptography system administration and network security experience
- 2 years of troubleshooting systems issues analyzing logs or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship) experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- 2 years of (non-internship) scripting programming and security code review in common programming languages experience
- 2 years of work in identifying security issues and risks and developing mitigation plans experience
- 2 years hands on building AI/agentic systems

- Experience with security in service-oriented architectures/microservices and web services
- US government security clearance of top secret or above
- Experience with compliance & security standards including PCI DSS ISO 27001 HIPAA and NIST
- Experience with AWS technologies
- Knowledge of at least two of the following programming languages: Scala Java Python C/C or Go

Amazon 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.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at CA Mountain View - 166600.00 - 212800.00 USD annually
USA MA Boston - 159300.00 - 202400.00 USD annually
USA NY New York - 159300.00 - 212800.00 USD annually
USA TX Dallas - 159300.00 - 202400.00 USD annually
USA VA Arlington - 159300.00 - 202400.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 159300.00 - 202400.00 USD annually