Amazon
Security Software Development Engineer, Corporate Services Security
$144K–$194K
Boston, MA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Location
- Boston, MA
Seattle, WA - Experience
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development; 4+ years designing and developing large-scale software; 2+ years in a combination of listed security and technical areas. Preferred: 4+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Education
- Preferred: Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Build and lead development of security tools and automation that protect Amazon corporate applications, infrastructure, and data, while helping teams adopt secure, AI-assisted development practices.
What you'll do
- Build AI-powered security tools and automation; contribute to architecture, technical direction, and roadmap decisions.
- Lead cross-team security initiatives, advise development teams on risks and secure solutions, and mentor engineers.
- Own service security and operational excellence, including on-call rotations, root-cause analysis, and systemic improvements.
What they ask for
- 4+ years designing and developing large-scale software applications, tools, systems, or services using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years in any combination of threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration, and network security.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
Nice to have
- 4+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Pay
143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary), USA, MA, Boston; 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary), USA, WA, Seattle
Tools
C#, C++, Java, Perl
AI focus
Build AI-powered security tools and automation; use agentic AI development practices and promote AI-assisted secure SDLC workflows, including agentic coding.
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