SecEng III, AppSec - Amazon Stores Security

Amazon Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Stores Security is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to collaborate with software teams, reviewing code for security issues and building secure frameworks for new services. You will lead threat modeling, automate security tasks, and influence architectural decisions across projects.

The role requires clear communication of risks to technical and non-technical audiences, and a proven ability to harmonize opinions while prioritizing secure outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in application security and threat modeling across multiple software projects.
• Ability to review code securely and suggest robust fixes.
• Experience developing security automation tools and guiding engineers.

Responsibilities

• Creating, updating, and maintaining threat models for a wide variety of software projects.
• Manual and Automated Secure Code Review, primarily in Java, Python and JavaScript.
• Development of security automation tools.
• Adversarial security analysis using innovative tools to augment manual effort.
• Security training and outreach for internal development teams.
• Security architecture and design guidance.
• Independently solve security problems that require novel methods or approaches.
• Influence your team’s and partners’ process, priorities, and choices to improve outcomes.

Skills

Threat modeling

Secure code review

Security automation

Adversarial security analysis

Security training

Security architecture

Influence & communication

Job description

SecEng III, AppSec - Amazon Stores Security

Job ID: 10541162 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Application deadline: Oct 5, 2026

In Amazon Stores, we ship some of the widest arrays of technology found at any company. From Amazon.com to world class machine learning pipelines, from digital healthcare to no-checkout retail, we push the boundaries of technology in every direction using the globe's largest AWS deployment.

As a Senior Security Engineer, you will collaborate with software development teams to ensure we keep our customers safe while developing these novel services. In a given day, you might be inspecting an application's code for security issues, building a new framework to help our software developers build faster and more securely, or fine-tuning the design for a new service alongside its software developers.

The ideal candidate combines technical acumen with an ability to lead by influence and communicate clearly. Technically, this person will be a security generalist with one or more areas of deep expertise. In their communication, they will clearly articulate risks to technical and non-technical audiences alike. Interpersonally, successful candidates will effectively harmonize disparate opinions while effectively prioritizing risks to guide their partners towards secure solutions.

Our organization prizes its employees, and we show it through investing in work-life harmony. We have dedicated resources that consistently innovate in reducing on-call time and ensuring the team spend their time on the highest-value tasks. Join the stores AppSec organization to work hard, have fun, and make history!

Key job responsibilities

• Creating, updating, and maintaining threat models for a wide variety of software projects.
• Manual and Automated Secure Code Review, primarily in Java, Python and JavaScript.
• Development of security automation tools.
• Adversarial security analysis using innovative tools to augment manual effort.
• Security training and outreach for internal development teams.
• Security architecture and design guidance.
• Independently solve security problems that require novel methods or approaches.
• Influence your team’s and partners’ process, priorities, and choices to improve outcomes.

About the team

About Amazon Security

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security

At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon's products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

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