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Application Security Engineer, AppSec ASSET

Amazon

Location

Seattle, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

8/18/2026

Compensation

$159,300 - $202,400 per year

Undergraduate with 2+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.1% approval+9% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

Amazon's Information Security team is seeking a security engineer to enhance network and system security. The role involves collaborating with various teams to protect customer trust and improve security measures across Amazon's products and services. The engineer will engage in hands-on security operations, focusing on application security reviews and engineering security solutions. This position offers opportunities for career growth and emphasizes a culture of diversity and inclusion.

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 troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating tasks using command line tools.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
  • Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS, and TCP/IP.
  • Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.
  • 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 performing security activities across phases of the software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

  • Preserve Amazon customer trust through security measures.
  • 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.
  • Participate in a team on-call rotation.
  • Develop and deliver projects that enhance security at scale.
  • Troubleshoot, maintain, and improve internal team tooling for 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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