Security Engineer II, CLS Application Security

Love the idea of stopping security problems before they ever reach production at a scale most engineers never get to touch Come build automation and AI-powered tooling that protects the software behind Amazons fulfillment delivery and grocery operations.

Were a security team that cares about work-life harmony and meaningful work and we invent novel ways to reduce risk at scale. Youll embed security early in the development lifecycle partner directly with builder teams and own a strategic project end to end while helping builders ship secure software faster. If youd rather build a mechanism that prevents a whole class of vulnerabilities than review the same issue twice youll fit right in here.

Key job responsibilities
- Lead a strategic security initiative end to end scoping design implementation testing deployment and maintenance while guiding other engineers along the way.
- Build security automation and AI-powered tooling that scales beyond one-off reviews: prevention rules secure defaults and paved paths that stop vulnerabilities before they reach production.
- Review application architecture and designs leading security design reviews and steering builders toward secure-by-default solutions.
- Consult directly with development teams resolving findings and giving fast actionable guidance that meets or exceeds the security bar.
- Find opportunities to centralize controls so many teams can adopt one solution instead of each building their own reusing what already exists wherever possible.
- Dig into ambiguous high-impact risks spot patterns across a large application footprint and fix root causes with reproducible mechanisms that are simple maintainable and built to last.
- Communicate risk and recommendations clearly to engineers partner security teams and business stakeholders and speak up for the right outcome even when it isnt the popular one.
- Coach and mentor teammates to raise the bar on how the team works and the value it delivers.

A day in the life
Most days youll split your time between the strategic project you own and the builders who need you. You might start by advancing your project designing a piece of automation or AI tooling then jump into a design review to help a team ship securely or dig into a tricky consult where the right answer isnt obvious. Youll partner closely with development teams across our operations and grocery businesses and with other security teams whose work connects to yours. When an urgent security issue comes up youll help contain it and make sure the fix sticks.

About the team
We embed security early in the development lifecycle meeting builders where they are so issues get caught before they reach production. Our vision is a world where security is built in: guidance shows up right when builders need it automation catches preventable issues and our people focus on the risks that truly need human judgment. We live by a few tenets automate to scale and save human expertise for judgment design security in rather than bolt it on prevent instead of react and earn builder trust through clarity. We care about meaningful work and work-life harmony and we have fun inventing.

Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security
At Amazon security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazons products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud devices retail entertainment healthcare operations and physical stores.

Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security its in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas perspectives and voices.

Training & Career Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing training and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve.

- 2 years of scripting programming and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience
- Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent
- Experience owning and leading significant projects from concept to deployment
- Experience communicating security risk to technical and non-technical stakeholders in writing
- 3 years of application security engineering experience (security design reviews threat modeling code-level vulnerability analysis)
- Experience carrying a builder-facing security consult load (intake triage guidance resolution tracking)

- Experience in a logistics/operations environment
- Experience in root cause analysis and error correction identifying changes to procedures and systems to implement long-term fixes and avoid repeating issues
- Experience in mentoring leading or managing more junior engineers
- Experience with cloud security in AWS (IAM VPC KMS CloudTrail or equivalent services)
- Experience building automated security controls or shifting security left in CI/CD pipelines

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at CA Irvine - 159300.00 - 202400.00 USD annually