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Sr. Security Engineer, Application Security

Global technology company leading in e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
Security
Senior Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · E-Commerce · Healthcare

Description For Sr. Security Engineer, Application Security

Amazon Stores is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join their Application Security team. This role combines technical expertise with leadership influence in securing some of Amazon's most critical technologies - from amazon.com to machine learning pipelines and innovative digital healthcare solutions. The position involves collaborating with development teams to ensure customer safety while building novel services.

As an AppSec engineer, you'll perform critical security functions including code inspection, framework development, and service design consultation. The ideal candidate will be a security generalist with deep expertise in specific areas, capable of clearly communicating risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Success in this role requires harmonizing different perspectives while effectively prioritizing security risks.

Amazon Stores values work-life balance, providing flexible scheduling and focused resources to reduce on-call demands. The team emphasizes high-impact work over hours logged. You'll join an organization that's securing the world's largest AWS deployment while pushing technological boundaries across retail, healthcare, and machine learning domains.

The role offers opportunities to shape security architecture, develop automation tools, conduct adversarial analysis, and train development teams. You'll work with various technologies including Java, Python, and JavaScript while having the autonomy to solve novel security challenges. The position combines hands-on technical work with strategic influence, requiring both deep security expertise and strong communication skills.

This is a chance to make a significant impact on security at global scale while working with cutting-edge technologies in a supportive environment that prioritizes work-life harmony. Join Amazon Stores' AppSec team to help protect millions of customers while advancing your career in application security.

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Responsibilities For Sr. Security Engineer, Application Security

  • Creating and maintaining threat models for software projects
  • Security architecture and design guidance
  • Manual and Automated Secure Code Review
  • Development of security automation tools
  • Adversarial security analysis
  • Security training and outreach for development teams
  • Solve complex security problems independently
  • Influence team's process and priorities

Requirements For Sr. Security Engineer, Application Security

Java
Python
JavaScript
  • BS in Computer Science, Information Security
  • 5+ years of demonstrated experience in application security, offensive security and/or systems security
  • Strong understanding of threat modeling, design and architecture review
  • Manual source code review experience
  • Understanding of network architecture, enterprise IT systems and AWS
  • Programming skills in Java, Python, Perl, Bash, Ruby, PowerShell
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong problem-solving ability

Benefits For Sr. Security Engineer, Application Security

  • Work-life balance
  • Flexible schedule

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