Senior Device Security Engineer (Platform & OS)

Socket.dev; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Devices is seeking a security-focused engineer to help secure its OS platform across Echo, Fire TV, Kindle, Ring, Blink and more. You will influence the software development lifecycle from design to testing. You will analyze platform security, develop mitigations, and promote security training across product teams.

This role blends hands-on security with cross-team leadership. Join a team responsible for empowering secure products and protecting customers, with opportunities to shape

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 5+ years identifying security issues and developing mitigations.
• Strong knowledge of OS internals, especially Linux and RTOS.
• Experience with vulnerability research and remediation and PoCs.
• Experience with network security, cryptography, and application security.
• Security code review experience in C.

Responsibilities

• Guide the software development lifecycle from security design to code review and fuzzing.
• Analyze security of the platform components of consumer devices.
• Propose and develop tools to improve device security at scale.
• Provide security expertise to device product teams.
• Identify security risks and work with engineers to implement mitigations.
• Develop new security policies and procedures.
• Promote security awareness and training materials.

Skills

Security design

Threat modeling

Security testing

Code review (C)

Network security

Vulnerability research

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

C/C++

Python

Ruby

Perl

Bash

Assembly

Job description

Amazon Devices is seeking a security-focused engineer to help secure its OS platform across Echo, Fire TV, Kindle, Ring, Blink and more. You will influence the software development lifecycle from design to testing. You will analyze platform security, develop mitigations, and promote security training across product teams.

This role blends hands-on security with cross-team leadership. Join a team responsible for empowering secure products and protecting customers, with opportunities to shape