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# Application Security Engineer, AppSec ASSET

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $87,100.0 - $121,100.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), .NET Framework, Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, User Authentication, C++ (Programming Language), Command-Line Interface, Code Review, Cyber Security, Computer Programming, Domain Name System (DNS), Hypertext Transfer Protocols (HTTP), Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Network Security, Network Protocols, Object-Oriented Software Development, Systems Development Life Cycle, Ruby, Secure Coding, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, TCP/IP, Scripting, Software Security, Swift (Programming Language), Golang, Programming Languages
- **Published:** August 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/usafa4166ffcacc3ca5334a4af301804eb/eaa

## About the Role

3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience

 - 2+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience
 - 2+ years of troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship) experience
 - Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or 2+ years of IT Security experience
 - Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
 - Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques
 - Experience in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship experience)
 - Knowledge of usage or integration experience with common cloud-hosted services, 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
 - Knowledge of command line tools to troubleshoot protocols, analyze log outputs, or automate basic tasks
 - Experience with AWS products and services
 - Experience performing security activities across one or more phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), such as security design review, threat modeling, secure code review, and security testing

## Description

Amazon's Information Security team is looking for a security engineer well-versed in the network and system security space to join our security operations team. We are obsessed with protecting customer trust. We are a hands-on team working to protect our networks, endpoints, servers and applications. You will get the opportunity to work on large-scale security solutions spanning across multiple business units. You will work in the trenches with other security engineers, technical program managers, application developers and systems engineers to protect our customers and raise the security bar.
Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities:
· Preserve Amazon customer trust
· Perform application security reviews of critical systems and services
· Engineer security solutions to protect systems, networks and applications
· Security design and testing of the most critical Amazon applications
· Respond to security violations, vulnerabilities, and event detection systems
· Provide security policy guidance and consultations
· Evangelize security within Amazon and be an advocate for customer trust
· Be part of a team on-call rotation
A day in the life
· Provide security guidance and support to Amazon builders.
· Perform application security reviews for critical systems and services
· Develop and deliver projects that raise the security bar at scale
· Work closely with partner teams, stakeholders, builders to drive security improvements across the company
· Troubleshoot, maintain and improve internal team tooling to reduce overhead and improve efficiency
About the team
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.


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