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Security Engineer, AppSec, Stores Security

Amazon

Location

Seattle, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

10/15/2026

Compensation

$136,000 - $184,000 per year

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

Job description

As a Security Engineer at Amazon Stores, you will work closely with software development teams to ensure the security of innovative services. Your role will involve inspecting code for vulnerabilities, developing security frameworks, and providing guidance on security architecture. The team values diverse experiences and promotes a culture of continuous learning and work-life harmony. You will have the opportunity to influence security practices and contribute to maintaining high security standards across Amazon's products and services.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
  • Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent
  • Experience with web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation (non-internship)
  • Experience solving basic problems by writing code or scripts with some assistance
  • Experience in application security architecture, security code reviews, security testing, incident response, or security infrastructure
  • Experience with AWS services or other cloud offerings
  • 2+ years of web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation (non-internship) experience

Responsibilities

  • Create, update, and maintain threat models for a wide variety of software projects
  • Conduct manual and automated secure code reviews, primarily in Java, Python, and JavaScript
  • Develop security automation tools
  • Perform adversarial security analysis using modern tools to augment manual effort
  • Provide security training and outreach for internal development teams
  • Offer security architecture and design guidance
  • Independently solve security problems that require novel methods or approaches
  • Influence your team’s and partners’ process, priorities, and choices to improve outcomes

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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