Amazon
Application Security Engineer
$159K–$202K
Arlington, VA · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Validates and improves the security of AWS applications, services, and websites through reviews, testing, automation, guidance, and response to new threats.
What you'll do
- Conduct application security reviews and penetration tests; analyze and address security issues.
- Develop security tools and automation, and deliver security metrics and improvements.
- Provide security training, outreach, and guidance documentation to internal development teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS, and TCP/IP.
- Programming experience in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or a similar object-oriented language.
- Experience in at least one listed security area and knowledge of at least one listed security domain.
Nice to have
- Experience with AWS products and services.
- Experience with threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration, or network security.
Pay
159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java
AI focus
AI security is named as one possible area of prior experience; no specific AI work is described.
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