Senior Security Engineer: Build Secure by Default at Scale

VulnU; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 178,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Retirement match

Equity

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Amazon's Customer Service Application Security team in Seattle is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to own security assurance from ideation to launch. You will design automated guardrails, review designs and code, and drive continuous security across services.

The role emphasizes threat modeling, mentorship, hiring, and shaping long-term security strategy while building secure-by-default systems across a large service.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans.
• 4+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in common programming languages.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent.
• Experience with security in service-oriented architectures/microservices and web services.
• Knowledge of cloud computing services and deployment architecture.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Experience leading or driving adoption of AI-assisted development practices to improve security outcomes.

Responsibilities

Skills

Security risk identification

Threat modeling

Mentoring engineers

Leadership

AI-assisted security development

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Amazon's Customer Service Application Security team in Seattle is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to own security assurance from ideation to launch. You will design automated guardrails, review designs and code, and drive continuous security across services.

The role emphasizes threat modeling, mentorship, hiring, and shaping long-term security strategy while building secure-by-default systems across a large service.