Application Security Engineer: GenAI & Cloud Security Leader

Amazon; New Jersey; On-site; USD 159,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon's ATG Security team in New Jersey is hiring an Application Security Engineer to embed security into applications and services. You will partner with development teams to drive threat modeling, code review, and security testing, mentor security champions, and guide GenAI security.

The role emphasizes scalable controls and collaboration with internal partners to protect customer trust. Based in Jersey City/Newark, this on-site role offers the chance to influence security practices across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; 3+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review.
• 3+ years of scripting, programming, or security code review in languages such as Python, Java or C++.
• 3+ years of threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration or network security experience.
• Familiarity with industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Provide durable, technical security guidance to mitigate identified risks.
• Review existing processes and suggest improvements for increased security and efficiency.
• Independently solve security problems that require novel methods or approaches.
• Embrace GenAI and the security challenges it brings to guide builders in securing GenAI usage.
• Participate in security reviews including threat modeling, code review and security testing.
• Mentor security champions embedded throughout the engineering team.

Skills

Python

Java

C++

Threat modeling

Secure coding

Identity management

Cryptography

Security code review

Network security

System administration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Job description

Amazon's ATG Security team in New Jersey is hiring an Application Security Engineer to embed security into applications and services. You will partner with development teams to drive threat modeling, code review, and security testing, mentor security champions, and guide GenAI security.

The role emphasizes scalable controls and collaboration with internal partners to protect customer trust. Based in Jersey City/Newark, this on-site role offers the chance to influence security practices across