Amazon Traffic Engineering is seeking a Senior Red Team Security Engineer to join a new offensive security team focused on bot mitigation and DDoS defense. The role involves designing and executing adversarial simulations against Amazon's internet-facing infrastructure to protect billions of customer requests daily. As a technical leader, you will develop novel attack methodologies to counter emerging threats posed by autonomous agents and AI-driven attacks. This position requires collaboration with detection engineering teams to enhance defensive measures and mentor junior engineers in offensive operations.

• 5+ years of experience in offensive security, red teaming, or penetration testing.
• 5+ years of experience in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans.
• 4+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review experience in common programming languages.
• Knowledge of at least two programming languages such as Scala, Java, Python, C/C++, or Go.
• Experience in identifying industry-based security vulnerabilities, attack patterns, and remediation techniques.
• Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques.
• Deep hands-on expertise in web application security, bot evasion techniques, or DDoS attack methodologies.
• Experience with anti-detect browser frameworks like Nodriver, Puppeteer Stealth, or Playwright.
• Familiarity with LLM-based automation and AI agent architectures.

• Design and execute red team engagements targeting bot detection platforms, WAFs, CDN protections, and DDoS mitigation services.
• Develop and maintain custom offensive tooling including anti-detect browser automation and TLS fingerprint manipulation.
• Research and simulate emerging AI-driven attack vectors such as autonomous browsing agents and LLM-powered bots.
• Mentor junior engineers on tradecraft, engagement methodology, and responsible offensive operations.
• Collaborate with detection engineering teams to translate findings into measurable defensive improvements.
• Author detailed technical reports with actionable remediation guidance.

• 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.