The Security Engineer role at Amazon focuses on delivering innovative security solutions to protect customer data through secure-by-design principles. The Customer Service Application Security team seeks a talented engineer who will partner with development teams to embed security into applications from the ideation stage. This role involves evaluating system designs, building automated security assessments, and contributing code for security fixes. The team values collaboration and aims to replace manual security processes with automated solutions to enhance security and accelerate development.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• 3+ years of programming experience in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++, or similar object-oriented languages.
• Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS, and TCP/IP.
• 2+ years of experience in threat modeling, secure coding, identity management, software development, cryptography, system administration, or network security.
• Experience with AWS products and services.
• Experience implementing security solutions at the business division level.
• Experience in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans.
• Experience leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) to automate and scale security.

• Design, build, and maintain automated security guardrails and paved paths for secure-by-default practices.
• Engage early with development teams to embed security into applications from the start.
• Build automated, continuous security assessment capabilities to replace manual security reviews.
• Contribute code for security fixes and paved path solutions alongside developers.
• Partner with developers to create scalable, self-service security tools for identifying and remediating security risks.
• Design and implement preventive and detective security controls for continuous assurance.
• Collaborate with security stakeholders to define and drive the long-term security strategy.
• Participate in periodic on-call rotations to support security incidents.

• Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.