Amazon
AI Security Engineer, AI Security
$159K–$202K
Austin, TX · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years in specified security or software fields; alternatively, 3+ years of IT Security experience for the education qualification.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Secures Amazon AI applications by advising development teams, reviewing code and designs, and building security tools and practices.
What you'll do
- Create and maintain threat models; perform manual and automated code reviews.
- Develop AI security automation tools and provide architecture guidance, training, and outreach.
- Conduct security research and risk assessments, and independently solve complex AI security problems.
What they ask for
- 3+ years in a combination of threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration, or network security.
- Programming experience in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++, or a similar object-oriented language.
- Knowledge of HTTP, DNS, and TCP/IP networking protocols and of security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent, or 3+ years of IT Security experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with AWS products and services.
- Experience with Python, Java, or C++.
Pay
159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Java, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, Go, Swift, .Net, C++
AI focus
Develops and secures AI applications through threat modeling, code review, security automation, architecture guidance, and developer training.
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