GenAI & App Security Engineer

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs included

Sign-on bonuses

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Amazon Security is seeking a Security Engineer to partner with application teams across CPSS to minimize risks while enabling business growth. You’ll conduct design and code reviews, build security tooling, and guide architecture decisions with GenAI-focused practices.

You’ll work across PXT, FGBS, CCR and Legal to embed security early in the SDLC. Ideal candidates combine deep security engineering with strong communication, and the ability to influence at senior levels.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security experience
• 4+ years of scripting, programming, or security code review in Python, Java or C++
• Experience implementing security solutions across teams
• Knowledge of cloud-hosted services usage or integration

Responsibilities

• Perform Design and Security Reviews to determine risk and prioritize remediation with service teams
• Participate in security promotion across the Company and build relationships across Amazon
• Escalate issues to senior leadership when progress is blocked
• Develop security automation tools and tooling for engineers
• Create, update, and maintain threat models for multiple software projects
• Perform manual and automated secure code review in Java, Python and JavaScript
• Provide security training and outreach for internal development teams
• Provide security architecture and design guidance to development teams
• Influence teams and partners using data to improve security outcomes
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to senior leaders and stakeholders

Skills

Threat modeling

Secure coding

Identity management

Authentication

Software development

Cryptography

System administration

Network security

Scripting (Python/Java/C++)

Cross-team collaboration

Cloud services usage

Tools

AWS

Command line tools

Job description

Amazon Security is seeking a Security Engineer to partner with application teams across CPSS to minimize risks while enabling business growth. You’ll conduct design and code reviews, build security tooling, and guide architecture decisions with GenAI-focused practices.

You’ll work across PXT, FGBS, CCR and Legal to embed security early in the SDLC. Ideal candidates combine deep security engineering with strong communication, and the ability to influence at senior levels.