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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Security Engineer II, CLS Application Security - **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Location:** Irvine, CA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $159,300.0 - $202,400.0 - **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Applications Architecture, Software System Penetration Testing, Build Automation, Cloud Computing Security, Code Review, Computer Programming, Identity and Access Management, Scripting, Software Security, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Vulnerability Analysis, Programming Languages - **Published:** October 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/4159DCAFD6494DCF9ADB09E58C6A610D/job/ ## About the Role * 2+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience * Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent * Experience owning and leading significant projects from concept to deployment * Experience communicating security risk to technical and non-technical stakeholders in writing * 3+ years of application security engineering experience (security design reviews, threat modeling, code-level vulnerability analysis) * Experience carrying a builder-facing security consult load (intake, triage, guidance, resolution tracking), * Experience in a logistics/operations environment * Experience in root cause analysis and error correction, identifying changes to procedures and systems to implement long-term fixes and avoid repeating issues * Experience in mentoring, leading, or managing more junior engineers * Experience with cloud security in AWS (IAM, VPC, KMS, CloudTrail, or equivalent services) * Experience building automated security controls or shifting security left in CI/CD pipelines ## Description Love the idea of stopping security problems before they ever reach production - at a scale most engineers never get to touch? Come build automation and AI-powered tooling that protects the software behind Amazon's fulfillment, delivery, and grocery operations. We're a security team that cares about work-life harmony and meaningful work, and we invent novel ways to reduce risk at scale. You'll embed security early in the development lifecycle, partner directly with builder teams, and own a strategic project end to end while helping builders ship secure software faster. If you'd rather build a mechanism that prevents a whole class of vulnerabilities than review the same issue twice, you'll fit right in here., * Lead a strategic security initiative end to end - scoping, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance - while guiding other engineers along the way. * Build security automation and AI-powered tooling that scales beyond one-off reviews: prevention rules, secure defaults, and paved paths that stop vulnerabilities before they reach production. * Review application architecture and designs, leading security design reviews and steering builders toward secure-by-default solutions. * Consult directly with development teams, resolving findings and giving fast, actionable guidance that meets or exceeds the security bar. * Find opportunities to centralize controls so many teams can adopt one solution instead of each building their own, reusing what already exists wherever possible. * Dig into ambiguous, high-impact risks, spot patterns across a large application footprint, and fix root causes with reproducible mechanisms that are simple, maintainable, and built to last. * Communicate risk and recommendations clearly to engineers, partner security teams, and business stakeholders, and speak up for the right outcome even when it isn't the popular one. * Coach and mentor teammates to raise the bar on how the team works and the value it delivers. A day in the life Most days you'll split your time between the strategic project you own and the builders who need you. You might start by advancing your project - designing a piece of automation or AI tooling - then jump into a design review to help a team ship securely, or dig into a tricky consult where the right answer isn't obvious. You'll partner closely with development teams across our operations and grocery businesses, and with other security teams whose work connects to yours. When an urgent security issue comes up, you'll help contain it and make sure the fix sticks., 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.