Security Engineer, Artificial General Intelligence

Amazon; Milano; In loco; EUR 117.000 - 184.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading technology and e-commerce company is looking for a Security Engineer to enhance the security of their Generative AI applications. The role involves designing automated security measures, conducting threat assessments, and collaborating with various teams to implement security best practices. Candidates should have a background in computer science, knowledge of relevant protocols, and experience with programming languages like Python and Java. This role is based in Italy, with competitive compensation and benefits.

Servizi

Continuous training and career growth

Inclusive culture

Knowledge-sharing opportunities

Competenze

• 3+ years of experience in threat modeling, secure coding, or related fields.
• Knowledge of networking protocols like HTTP, DNS, and TCP/IP.
• 3+ years of programming experience in object-oriented languages.

Mansioni

• Design and implement automated security guardrails for AGI applications.
• Conduct application security reviews and penetration testing.
• Create and maintain security documentation and development guides.

Conoscenze

Threat modeling experience

Secure coding

Identity management

Software development

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Strumenti

AWS products and services

Python

Java

Descrizione del lavoro

Security Engineer, Artificial General Intelligence

Job ID: 3036776 | Amazon.com Services LLC

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Austin, TX, USA.

The Amazon Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) organization is focused on building world‑class general‑purpose intelligence services. Its primary mission involves developing highly autonomous systems through novel model architectures, learning, and inference strategies. The team works on creating a family of new Generative AI models and applications that are efficient and capable.

As a Security Engineer within the AGI Security team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that AGI large language models and applications are designed and executed with the highest security standards to maintain customer trust. You will tackle a diverse array of security challenges, ranging from novel threats in Generative AI to selecting and implementing scalable and secure features such as key management solutions and encrypted storage. You will collaborate with applied scientists, software engineers, security engineers, and internal partners and external researchers to develop innovative technologies to solve some of our hardest security problems, and build paved path solutions that builder teams can adopt while building Generative AI models and applications.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement automated security guardrails and paved roads that enable secure‑by‑default practices across AGI models and applications; transform manual processes into scalable controls.
• Conduct application security reviews, threat modeling sessions, and penetration testing to identify and remediate security risks early in the development lifecycle.
• Partner with development teams to embed security controls into their applications, providing technical guidance on complex architectural decisions.
• Create and maintain security documentation, including designs patterns, implementation guides, and secure software development kits (SDKs).
• Identify security risks and drive continuous improvement in security controls and practices.

About the Team

Amazon Security values diverse experiences and encourages candidates to apply even if not all qualifications are met. Amazon Security builds a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services, offering opportunities to accelerate careers in cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

We value work‑life harmony, inclusive culture, and continuous training and career growth. Amazon Security offers endless knowledge‑sharing, training, and other career‑advancing resources.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ 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.
• Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• 3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object‑oriented language.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ 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.
• Experience with AWS products and services.
• Experience identifying common Generative AI vulnerabilities such as prompt injection, training data poisoning, and model inversion.

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 https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign‑on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.