Amazon
Senior Security Engineer, Customer Service Security
$178K–$227K
Austin, TX +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
Seattle, WA - Experience
- 5+ years in security issues, risks, and mitigation plans; 4+ years of non-internship scripting, programming, and security code review.
About the job
Leads security assurance for complex Customer Service initiatives and builds scalable automation, guardrails, and secure-by-default practices to protect customer data.
What you'll do
- Own security assurance from design through launch, including threat modeling, investigations, and control testing.
- Design automated security guardrails, preventive and detective controls, and secure-by-default patterns that reduce vulnerabilities at scale.
- Set technical direction through design and code reviews, escalations, mentoring, hiring, and improvements to security practices and culture.
What they ask for
- 5+ years identifying security issues and risks and developing mitigation plans.
- 4+ years of non-internship scripting, programming, and security code review in common programming languages.
- Experience identifying security issues and risks and developing mitigation plans.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
Nice to have
- Threat modeling or other risk identification techniques; security in service-oriented architectures, microservices, and web services; cloud computing services and deployment architecture.
- Experience leading adoption of AI-assisted development practices to improve security outcomes; bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field; strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication.
Pay
178,400.00 - 226,700.00 USD annually (base salary); 178,400.00 - 226,700.00 USD annually (base salary)
AI focus
May lead or drive adoption of AI-assisted development practices to improve security outcomes.
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