Amazon
Security Engineer II, Stores Security
$159K–$202K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years programming; 2+ years each in security code review and systems troubleshooting/log analysis/automation. Preferred: 2+ years in a combination of listed security and software areas.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Supports Amazon Stores software teams by identifying security risks, guiding secure design and development, and building security tools and practices.
What you'll do
- Create and maintain threat models; conduct manual and automated secure code reviews.
- Develop security automation and perform adversarial security analysis.
- Provide security architecture guidance, training, and outreach while influencing teams’ security priorities and processes.
What they ask for
- 3+ years programming 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.
- 2+ years of non-internship systems troubleshooting, log analysis, or basic task automation using command-line tools.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; knowledge of HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, security vulnerabilities, and remediation techniques.
Nice to have
- 2+ years of combined experience in areas such as threat modeling, secure coding, identity management, software development, cryptography, system administration, or network security.
- Experience with AWS products and services or security activities across phases of the SDLC.
Pay
USD 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++, AWS
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