Security Engineering Manager — Auto-Remediation for 3P Vulnerabilities

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 175,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Security is seeking a Security Engineering Manager to lead a team of software development and security engineers. You will design and ship tools that neutralize third‑party software and supply chain risks across AWS, applying defense‑in‑depth principles and AI-enabled tooling for rapid remediation.

You will coach engineers, partner with AWS service teams, and drive risk‑reduction initiatives that are visible to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience leading software security teams and mentoring engineers.
• Strong background in threat modeling and risk-based decision making.
• Proven ability to design and ship secure, scalable tooling.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end vulnerability mitigation strategy for third‑party software across Amazon.
• Design and build auto‑remediation capabilities to deploy updates safely at fleet scale.
• Manage and grow an inclusive team of 11 software and security engineers.
• Collaborate with AWS service teams to analyze vulnerabilities and implement guardrails.
• Apply generative AI tooling to accelerate analysis and remediation workflows.

Skills

Team management

Security engineering

Threat modeling

Security risk triage

Defense in depth

Remote team management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Security

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Amazon Security is seeking a Security Engineering Manager to lead a team of software development and security engineers. You will design and ship tools that neutralize third‑party software and supply chain risks across AWS, applying defense‑in‑depth principles and AI-enabled tooling for rapid remediation.

You will coach engineers, partner with AWS service teams, and drive risk‑reduction initiatives that are visible to senior leadership.