Amazon
Security Engineer II, Stores AppSec
$159K–$213K
New York, NY · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of programming; 2+ years each in non-internship security code review/programming and systems troubleshooting/log analysis/automation. Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or 2+ years of IT Security experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or 2+ years of IT Security experience.
About the job
Conduct application security reviews and penetration tests of Amazon services, applications, and websites, then document findings and work with teams to drive remediation.
What you'll do
- Conduct application security reviews and penetration tests independently or with a team.
- Create engagement plans and document findings, gaps, and remediation recommendations.
- Improve team tooling and collaborate with partner teams and leadership to prioritize and resolve security findings.
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 scripting, programming, and security code review experience in a common programming language.
- 2+ years of non-internship experience troubleshooting systems, analyzing logs, or automating tasks with command-line tools.
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or 2+ years of IT Security experience; knowledge of networking protocols and security vulnerabilities and remediation.
Nice to have
- 2+ years in any combination of 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 phases of the SDLC.
Pay
159,300.00 - 212,800.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++, AWS
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