Amazon
Security Engineer, Amazon Photos
$178K–$227K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Jul 22, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years in troubleshooting/log analysis/command-line automation and scripting/programming/security code review; 5+ years identifying security risks and developing mitigation plans. Also requires experience identifying vulnerabilities, attack patterns, and remediation techniques, and mentoring or technical leadership.
About the job
Leads security architecture, implementation, risk management, and incident response for Amazon Photos across backend services and mobile, TV, and voice-enabled apps.
What you'll do
- Conduct threat modeling, security reviews, code reviews, and penetration testing; lead incident response and remediation.
- Build security automation, reusable secure-by-default components, and monitoring systems across Photos platforms.
- Assess and communicate security risks, support compliance efforts, and mentor engineers on secure practices.
What they ask for
- At least 5 years identifying security issues and risks and developing mitigation plans.
- At least 4 years troubleshooting systems, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks with command line tools.
- At least 4 years scripting, programming, and security code review in common programming languages.
- Knowledge of at least two of Scala, Java, Python, C/C++, or Go; experience mentoring, serving as a tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
Nice to have
- Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques, or equivalent.
- Experience with security in service-oriented architectures/microservices and web services.
Pay
178,400.00 - 226,700.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
iOS, Android, Fire TV, Echo, Scala, Java, Python, C/C++
AI focus
Collaborate with machine learning teams to validate security controls for photo recognition; secure backend systems where AI helps customers rediscover photos.
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative