Ads Security Engineer II - Build Secure, Scalable Ads

Amazon; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Ads Security is hiring a Security Engineer to help secure web applications and services across Amazon Ads. You will collaborate with product teams to apply security best practices at scale and influence design decisions.

You will conduct security reviews, perform penetration testing coordination, and mentor engineers on secure development. The role emphasizes cloud security, AI security standards, and cross‑cloud deployments within AWS.

Qualifications

• 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 experience.
• 5+ years of threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security experience.
• Experience implementing security solutions at the business division level or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate directly with service and platform owners to advise on security best practices and tool implementation.
• Perform comprehensive security assessments on SaaS implementations, data management systems, and reporting frameworks being used internally by Amazon Ads teams or externally by Amazon Ads customers.
• Coordinate and oversee penetration testing activities for platforms and tools.
• Identify security risks, report findings, and recommend solutions for complex security issues by leveraging existing set of detections and/or design new detections within Amazon’s various security detection frameworks.
• Contribute to fostering a strong security culture at Amazon through knowledge sharing and collaboration.
• Engage in cross-team projects aimed at enhancing the security posture of Amazon and customer data throughout its lifecycle.

Skills

Python

Ruby

Go

Java

C++

C#/.NET

Threat modeling

Secure coding

Identity management

Cryptography

Network security

Software development

System administration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Ads Security is hiring a Security Engineer to help secure web applications and services across Amazon Ads. You will collaborate with product teams to apply security best practices at scale and influence design decisions.

You will conduct security reviews, perform penetration testing coordination, and mentor engineers on secure development. The role emphasizes cloud security, AI security standards, and cross‑cloud deployments within AWS.