Application Security Engineer – Cloud Security & AI

Amazon Inc.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in the United Kingdom seeks an Application Security Engineer to join the Application Security team. You will perform security reviews, design secure architectures, and conduct threat modeling across cloud-native applications.

Strong communication, prioritization, and ownership are essential in a growing landscape. AWS experience, secure coding practices, and a CS degree or equivalent are required. Collaboration with developers, security training, and metrics delivery are part of the role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Experience with application security reviews and secure architecture design.
• Knowledge of networking protocols (HTTP(S), DNS, TCP/IP).
• Experience with Java, Python, Ruby, Node.js, C#, or C; secure coding and threat modeling.

Responsibilities

• Perform application security reviews.
• Design secure architectures and threat models.
• Lead security guidance and outreach to internal development teams.
• Contribute to security training and documentation.
• Deliver security metrics and drive improvements.

Skills

Application security

Threat modeling

Secure coding

AWS experience

Programming languages

AI tools usage

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

AWS products and services

AI tools

Job description

Amazon in the United Kingdom seeks an Application Security Engineer to join the Application Security team. You will perform security reviews, design secure architectures, and conduct threat modeling across cloud-native applications.

Strong communication, prioritization, and ownership are essential in a growing landscape. AWS experience, secure coding practices, and a CS degree or equivalent are required. Collaboration with developers, security training, and metrics delivery are part of the role.