Application Security Engineer SDO AppSec EMEA

Amazon; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company seeks an Application Security Engineer to ensure security is central to their projects. This role involves creating threat models, conducting secure code reviews, and developing automation tools. Ideal candidates have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and experience with secure coding and risk identification techniques. Collaboration with software development teams is key to developing secure applications and enhancing customer trust. Opportunities for career growth and work-life balance are emphasized.

Benefits

Training and career growth

Work-life balance

Qualifications

• Experience with threat modeling or risk identification techniques.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, C++.
• Experience with secure coding practices.

Responsibilities

• Creating and maintaining threat models for software projects.
• Conducting manual and automated secure code reviews.
• Developing security automation tools.
• Providing security architecture and design guidance.

Skills

Threat modeling

Secure coding

Identity management

Programming in Python

Programming in Java

System administration

Network security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS products and services

Penetration testing

Job description

Application Security Engineer, SDO AppSec EMEA

Job ID: 3156216 | Amazon Development Centre (London) Limited

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 Amazon’s 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.

As a Security Engineer, you will collaborate with software development teams to ensure we keep our customers safe while developing these novel services. A typical day might involve inspecting an application’s 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 the ability to lead by influence and communicate clearly. Technically, this person is a security generalist with one or more areas of deep expertise. They will clearly articulate risks to technical and non‑technical audiences alike, harmonize disparate opinions, and prioritize risks to guide their partners toward secure solutions.

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 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 team’s and partners’ process, priorities, and choices to improve outcomes.

About the team

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, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

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 Amazon’s 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, it’s 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

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll 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, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience with any combination of threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security.
• Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, C++.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Information security professional certification.
• Experience with AWS products and services.
• Knowledge of penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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. 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 the accommodations information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.