Amazon
Application Security Engineer, Leo Proactive Security, Leo Security - METALS
$159K–$202K
Redmond, WA · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years programming; 2+ years in each of the specified security code review and systems troubleshooting areas. Preferred: 2+ years in one or more listed security areas.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or experience in IT Security.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
About the job
Secures Amazon Leo’s satellite broadband products and environments through assessments, code review, threat modeling, security guidance, and automation.
What you'll do
- Create and maintain threat models; conduct secure code reviews and network and infrastructure assessments.
- Develop security automation and advise teams on security architecture, design, and training.
- Identify security issues and organizational defects, and propose initiatives to improve security.
What they ask for
- 3+ years programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or a similar object-oriented language.
- 2+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship).
- 2+ years troubleshooting systems, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command-line tools (non-internship).
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or experience in IT Security; knowledge of HTTP, DNS, and TCP/IP networking protocols.
Nice to have
- 2+ years in threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration, or network security.
- Experience with AWS products and services, or security activities across one or more SDLC phases.
Pay
159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++, AWS
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