Location
Seattle, WA
Type
Full-time
Posted
8/11/2026
Compensation
$159,300 - $202,400 per year
Job description
Amazon's Information Security team is seeking a security engineer to join their security operations team, focusing on protecting customer trust through network and system security. The role involves collaborating with various teams to develop large-scale security solutions and enhance security measures across Amazon's products and services. The team values diverse experiences and encourages candidates from various backgrounds to apply. This position offers opportunities for career growth and emphasizes work-life balance.
Requirements
- 3+ years of programming experience in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object-oriented languages.
- 2+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review experience in a common programming language.
- 2+ years of experience troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating tasks using command line tools.
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field 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 with AWS products and services.
- Experience performing security activities across one or more phases of the software development lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Preserve Amazon customer trust.
- Perform application security reviews of critical systems and services.
- Engineer security solutions to protect systems, networks, and applications.
- Respond to security violations, vulnerabilities, and event detection systems.
- Provide security policy guidance and consultations.
- Evangelize security within Amazon and advocate for customer trust.
- Be part of a team on-call rotation.
- Develop and deliver projects that raise the security bar at scale.
- Troubleshoot, maintain, and improve internal team tooling to enhance efficiency.
Benefits
- 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.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Amazon Com Services Llc
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
3,290
FY2026
Approval rate
99.1%
FY2026
LCA certified
32,937
FY2026
Entry-level share
10.6%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
+9%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-44%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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