AppSec Engineer - Cloud Security & AI Automation

Amazon; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Security is seeking an experienced application security engineer to strengthen our secure software landscape. You will prioritize, communicate clearly, and maintain ownership with cloud-focused security expertise across diverse product areas.

Join a team that values curiosity, growth, and accountability. Responsibilities include reviews, secure architecture, threat modeling, training, and enabling automation of security workflows using AI/LLM tooling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Knowledge of HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP networking.
• Experience programming in Python, Java, Go, Swift, C++, or similar.
• Experience applying threat modeling or risk identification techniques.
• AI/LLM-based automation of security workflows.

Responsibilities

• Application security reviews.
• Secure architecture design.
• Threat modeling.
• Projects and research work as needed.
• Security training and outreach to internal development teams.
• Automating and enhancing security review processes using AI agents, LLMs, and generative AI tooling.
• Security guidance documentation.
• Security metrics delivery and improvements.
• Assistance with recruiting activities.

Skills

Programming languages

Threat modeling

AI/LLM automation

Networking basics

Python

Java

Go

C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Identity management

Cryptography

Security testing tools

Network security concepts

Job description

Amazon Security is seeking an experienced application security engineer to strengthen our secure software landscape. You will prioritize, communicate clearly, and maintain ownership with cloud-focused security expertise across diverse product areas.

Join a team that values curiosity, growth, and accountability. Responsibilities include reviews, secure architecture, threat modeling, training, and enabling automation of security workflows using AI/LLM tooling.