Senior Security Engineer, Devices and Services Security

Amazon.com, Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA, United States
8 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Internship / Graduate position
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
4 years minimum
Compensation
$183,000.0 - $247,600.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Artificial Intelligence Computing Platforms C++ (Programming Language) Command-Line Interface Cloud Computing Code Review Encodings Computer Programming Fuzz Testing Python (Programming Language) Scala (Programming Language)
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Service-Oriented Architecture Software Engineering Web Services Scripting Cloud Platform System Large Language Models Tablet Computers Wearables Service Stack Programming Languages Microservices

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled Platform Security Engineer to own and drive security outcomes across our Devices infrastructure. In this role, you will operate as a senior security engineer, architecting and delivering security solutions that protect systems at scale while enabling engineering teams to ship with confidence. This is a high-impact, high-ownership position. You will lead complex, cross-functional security initiatives, build automated security tooling, and raise the security bar across the organization. You will work at the intersection of software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and security - embedding security into every layer of our technology stack. In this role, you will work in the OS platform Security team for Amazon devices like Echo, FireTV, Fire tablets, wearables, Kindle readers, and automotive security., Help guide the software development lifecycle of devices at Amazon, from security design, threat modeling to code reviews, security testing and fuzzing

  • Be responsible for analyzing the security of the platform components of consumer devices
  • Propose, research and develop tools and techniques to improve the security posture of devices at scale
  • Provide technical security expertise and consultation to device product teams
  • Identify security risks and work with product engineers to create mitigations
  • Develop new security policies and procedures
  • Empower others to improve their security acumen by promoting awareness and developing training materials
  • Mentorship & Technical Leadership - Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, conduct security-focused code and design reviews, and champion security best practices that scale across the organization.
  • Cross-Team Collaboration - Partner with software development, infrastructure, and operations teams to embed security into platform design from day one - not as an afterthought.

About the team Our team builds and maintains a robust security posture across our platforms. We move at the speed of the business while ensuring security is never the bottleneck. Security is a shared responsibility here - we empower every engineer to build securely, and we hold ourselves to a high bar.

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.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of non-internship background in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools experience
  • 5+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans experience
  • 4+ years of (non-internship) scripting, programming, and security code review in common programming languages experience
  • Knowledge of at least two of the following programming languages: Scala, Java, Python, C/C++, or Go
  • Experience (non-internship) in industry-based security vulnerabilities identification, attack patterns, and remediation techniques
  • 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
  • Working understanding of ML/AI security concepts relevant to security: model integrity, protecting models and inference at rest/in use, familiarity with AI/LLM-based security tooling and the risks of agentic/automated workflows (prompt injection, over-permissioned agents, unverified AI-generated code).

Benefits & conditions

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits. USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 183,000.00 - 247,600.00 USD annually

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