Security Software Development Engineer, Corporate Services Security

Amazon; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Security is hiring a Software Security Engineer to build AI-powered security tooling and automation at scale. You will partner with product and tech leaders to translate security needs into technical requirements and drive secure SDLC practices.

The role emphasizes ownership, accountability, and collaboration across multiple teams, with opportunities to mentor engineers and influence security roadmaps.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of designing and developing large-scale software using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of threat modeling, secure coding, identity management, or related security experience.
• Experience mentoring, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Build AI-powered security tools and automation end to end.
• Drive cross-team technical leadership across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Champion AI-assisted secure SDLC practices and adopt agentic coding.
• Security and technical direction, translating customer security needs into technical requirements and roadmaps.
• Mentor and grow engineers, lead on-call rotations and drive systemic improvements.
• Prototype security solutions rapidly and iterate with customers.

Skills

C#

C++

Java

Perl

Threat modeling

Secure coding

Mentor/tech lead

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

Git

Job description

The Corporate Services Security (CPSS) Finance and Communication Security Team is responsible for securing the applications, infrastructure and data developed across Finance & Global Business Services (FGBS) and Communications & Corporate Responsibility (CCR). We partner with builder teams to minimize security risks across their applications while being a business enabler. Our team develops security tooling and automation to provide high quality security findings earlier in development lifecycle. We are responsible for defining and executing on the security and privacy requirements across the entire organization.

We are looking for a Security SDE to join Amazon's Corporate Services Security team. As a security technical subject matter expert, you will engage with business, product, and technology leaders to drive security solutions at scale by partnering with senior engineers on the team. You will partner closely with our development and security teams to produce innovative and secure solutions.

Our customers demand high standards, so a passion and discipline around security and delivery is critical. A high level of ownership and accountability is essential.

Key job responsibilities

Build AI-powered security tools and automation end to end: Contribute to technical vision, design, and delivery at large-scale, protecting Amazon Corporate Customers. Contribute to architectural direction and high judgment decisions that shape the roadmap. Leverage Agentic AI development best practices to accelerate every phase.

Cross-team technical leadership: Drive execution across multiple teams and stakeholders. Decompose complex, ambiguous problems into actionable plans, unblock dependencies, and deliver cross-team initiatives on time and at quality.

Champion AI-assisted secure SDLC practices: Contribute to the team's AI first development workflows including agentic coding and experimental techniques. Under the guidance of senior engineers, drive adoption, measure impact on security, velocity and quality, and set the standard for the whole team.

Security and technical direction: Partner with senior security engineers, researchers, principal engineers, and senior leadership to translate customer security needs into technical requirements. Influence roadmap priorities with data and technical insight.

Contributing to building the foundation for the team: Under the guidance of the senior engineers, establish development best practices, and technical review processes that set the bar for all future work.

Mentor and grow engineers: Develop junior engineers through pairing, design reviews, and hands on coaching. Foster a culture of ownership and continuous learning.

Contribute to operational excellence: Own security of your services. Lead on call rotations, drive root cause analysis, and implement systemic improvements.

Innovate with urgency: Prototype security solutions rapidly, validate with customers, and iterate. Bring a builder's mindset to an environment where the best idea wins.

A day in the life

As a Software Security Engineer, you will collaborate with application development teams to ensure we keep our customers safe while developing novel services using GenAI. In a given day, you might be inspecting an application’s code, building a new framework to help our software developers build faster and more securely, or fine-tuning the software design for a new service. The ideal candidate combines technical acumen with an ability to lead by influence and communicate clearly. Technically, this person will be a software specialist with deep expertise within software development combined with security know. They will clearly articulate risks to technical and non-technical audiences alike. Successful candidates will effectively harmonize disparate opinions while effectively prioritizing risks to guide their partners towards secure solutions.

About the team

The Corporate Services Security (CPSS) Product Security Team is responsible for securing the applications, infrastructure and data developed across People eXperience and Technology (PXT), Finance & Global Business Services (FGBS), Legal and Communications and Corporate Responsibility (CCR). We partner with builder teams to minimize security risks across their applications while being a business enabler. Our team develops security tooling and automation to provide high quality security findings earlier in development lifecycles.

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.

Inclusive Team Culture

In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, MA, Boston - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

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