Senior AI Security Engineer — Secure AI at Scale

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 178,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking an AI Security Engineer to safeguard the AI applications powering hundreds of millions of customer experiences. You will partner with software teams to embed security into design, code, and infrastructure while advancing threat modeling and risk management.

Join a team that values diverse experience and continuous learning, with opportunities to influence product security roadmaps and deliver secure, reliable AI services at scale.

Qualifications

• 4+ years troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating tasks using command line tools.
• 5+ years identifying security issues and developing mitigation plans.
• 4+ years scripting, programming, and security code review in common languages.
• Experience with two or more languages: Scala, Java, Python, C/C++, or Go.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• Preferred: threat modeling or risk identification techniques; security in microservices.

Responsibilities

• You will drive security strategy.
• You will create, update, and maintain threat models for many software projects.
• You will perform manual and automated code review, primarily in Java, Python, and JavaScript
• You will develop AI security automation tools.
• You will perform AI security training for internal teams.
• You will provide AI security architecture and design guidance.
• You will independently solve AI security problems requiring novel approaches.
• You will influence team processes and priorities to improve outcomes.

Skills

Troubleshooting & debugging

Security risk assessment

Code review & security engineering

Programming: Java, Python, JavaScript

Mentoring / tech lead

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking an AI Security Engineer to safeguard the AI applications powering hundreds of millions of customer experiences. You will partner with software teams to embed security into design, code, and infrastructure while advancing threat modeling and risk management.

Join a team that values diverse experience and continuous learning, with opportunities to influence product security roadmaps and deliver secure, reliable AI services at scale.