Security Engineer, Payments Security
Key job responsibilities
- Develop a broad and deep technical understanding of products, services and architectures pertaining to the Amazon Payments organization.
- Articulate the security state of the business and the effectiveness of security initiatives
- Engage early with development teams at the ideation and design stage to embed security into applications from the start, providing guidance on secure architecture and coding practices
- Perform security reviews including secure design and architecture, threat modeling, secure code reviews, security testing, and security certifications
- Contribute code for security fixes and paved path solutions directly alongside developers, making the secure path the easy path
- Partner with developers to build scalable, self-service security tools that enable teams to identify and remediate security risks without bottlenecking on security teams
- Develop a broad and deep technical understanding of the services and architectures pertaining to Amazon Payments. Contribute to the short and long-term security strategy to ensure that products are designed and built securely by design while improving the secure software development life-cycle (SSDLC).
- Leverage AI tools and techniques to accelerate security assessments, automate threat detection, and drive innovation in how we secure systems at scale
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- 2+ years of web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation (non-internship) experience
- Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent
- Experience with web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation (non-internship)
- Experience solving basic problems by writing code or scripts with some assistance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with AWS services or other cloud offerings
- Experience in one or more of the following: application security frameworks, security code reviews, incident response, security infrastructure, penetration testing, mobile security, cloud security, AI security, identity and access controls
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or experience performing security activities across one or more phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), such as security design review, threat modeling, secure code review, and security testing
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Seattle - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually