Amazon
Security Engineer II, CLS Application Security
$159K–$202K
Irvine, CA · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years of non-internship scripting, programming, and security code review; 3+ years of application security engineering. Also requires significant project ownership and builder-facing security consultation experience.
About the job
Builds scalable application security automation and AI-powered tools, leads security initiatives, and guides Amazon operations and grocery teams in designing and shipping secure software.
What you'll do
- Lead security initiatives end to end and build automated controls and AI-powered tooling to prevent vulnerabilities.
- Conduct security design reviews and provide direct security consulting to development teams.
- Identify systemic risks and root causes, communicate recommendations, and mentor other engineers.
What they ask for
- 2+ years of non-internship scripting, programming, and security code review experience in a common programming language.
- Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation, including penetration testing and exploit development or equivalent.
- Experience owning and leading significant projects from concept to deployment.
- 3+ years of application security engineering experience, including security design reviews, threat modeling, and code-level vulnerability analysis; experience with builder-facing security consultations is also required.
Nice to have
- Experience with cloud security in AWS (IAM, VPC, KMS, CloudTrail, or equivalent services).
- Experience building automated security controls or shifting security left in CI/CD pipelines.
Pay
159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
AWS, IAM, VPC, KMS, CloudTrail, CI/CD
AI focus
Build AI-powered security tooling to prevent vulnerabilities before production.
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