Content Security Engineer: Secure Pre-Release Pipelines

Amazon Inc.; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Content Security Engineer for GME Content Security. You will combine hands-on security advisory with technical execution across pre-release content workflows, cloud infrastructure, and security tooling.

The role focuses on protecting content from threats including generative AI, developing mitigation controls, and automating security processes with Python and AWS services while mentoring teammates and shaping security standards.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience
• 2+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience
• 2+ years of troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship) experience
• Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
• Experience in scripting, programming, and security code reviewing in a common programming language (non-internship)
• Experience in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship experience)

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary content security advisor to film and series production teams, providing tailored guidance on secure workflow design: editorial environment setup, Aspera file transfer configurations, cloud storage architecture, on-set networking, and remote collaboration tools
• Assess internal and external content processing architectures to securely deploy and maintain content networks and equipment
• Manage security assessments of 3rd party services and tools supporting Amazon Studios, including intake of production team requests and end-to-end vendor security coordination
• Research, evaluate, and pilot next-generation content security measures such as forensic watermarking, audio/video fingerprinting, and content tracking technologies
• Contribute to the team's strategy for securing pre-release content against generative AI threats, including AI-driven extraction, reconstruction, deepfake misuse, and model training on unreleased assets; translate emerging risks into actionable controls and standards
• Maintain and enhance AWS infrastructure and applications supporting Content Security operations, and build internal security tooling to automate workflows such as access governance, audit reporting, and compliance monitoring
• Write and maintain lightweight automation (Python/scripting) to support security tooling, audit workflows, and operational reporting
• Develop and iterate security standard operating procedures tailored to each studio and production team
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to the team's hiring process
• Provide regular written updates on program status, risk posture, and incident findings

Skills

Python

Go

C++

Security tooling

AWS

Tools

Aspera

HTTP/TCP/IP

Cloud storage

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Content Security Engineer for GME Content Security. You will combine hands-on security advisory with technical execution across pre-release content workflows, cloud infrastructure, and security tooling.

The role focuses on protecting content from threats including generative AI, developing mitigation controls, and automating security processes with Python and AWS services while mentoring teammates and shaping security standards.