Drimva

Amazon

Security Engineer II, AppRank

$159K–$202K

Austin, TX · Full-time · Posted Aug 18, 2026

Experience
3+ years programming; 2+ years non-internship troubleshooting/log analysis/command-line automation; 4+ years in the listed security areas.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent work experience.

About the job

Build scalable AppSec tools and AI-driven workflows to assess application criticality, classify security findings, and prevent recurring vulnerabilities across Amazon business units.

What you'll do

  • Build tools, automated workflows, dashboards, and metrics to analyze security findings and integrate security insights into developer pipelines.
  • Investigate recurring vulnerabilities and develop scalable remediation strategies and preventative controls.
  • Review code and security findings, advise application teams on mitigations, and partner with stakeholders to prioritize prevention efforts.

What they ask for

  • 3+ years of programming experience in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or a similar object-oriented language.
  • 2+ years of non-internship experience troubleshooting systems, analyzing logs, or automating tasks with command-line tools.
  • 4+ years in any combination of application security frameworks, identity and access controls, incident response, mobile security, cloud computing and security, AI security, threat intelligence, and penetration testing.
  • Knowledge of security vulnerabilities and remediation, plus a bachelor's degree in a listed engineering or computer science field, or equivalent work experience.

Nice to have

  • Experience with security activities across phases of the SDLC, such as design review, threat modeling, secure code review, and security testing.
  • Experience with AWS products and services; knowledge of HTTP(S), DNS, and TCP/IP.

Pay

159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually (base salary)

Tools

Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++, AWS

AI focus

Engineer AI-driven solutions to assess and classify security findings; AI security is also listed among relevant experience areas.

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