Amazon Information Security is looking for an Application Security Engineer to join our Appsec Acquisitions team. You will have the opportunity to ensure security of applications that are under consideration for merger or acquisition.

Our team approaches security challenges with empathy and curiosity to help service teams identify areas of improvement and guidance on how to remediate risk. Amazon Application Security focuses on enabling our builders to provide a secure and trustworthy experience to our customers without compromising the overall customer experience.

As a Security Engineer on our team, you will solve interesting security challenges that arise when Amazon acquires new businesses. You will need a combination of technical and communication skills as well as a cutomer-focused mindset and a desire to continue to grow and learn from those around you.


Key job responsibilities
* Creating, updating, and maintaining threat models for a wide variety of software projects
* Manual and Automated Secure Code Review, primarily in Java, Python and Javascript
* Development of security automation tools
* Adversarial security analysis using modern tools to augment manual effort
* Security training and outreach for internal development teams
* Security architecture and design guidance
* Independently solve security problems that require novel methods or approaches
* Influence your team’s and partners’ process, priorities, and choices to improve outcomes

About the team
We are the Appstar-NAMER team, our mission is to provide high quality and timely security reviews and certifications for applications across Amazon. Our team is also dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security?
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Hybrid Work
We value innovation and recognize this sometimes requires uninterrupted time to focus. We also value in-person collaboration and time spent face-to-face.