Senior Security Engineer, Ads Security

About the role

The ideal candidate will have a broad understanding of proactive security, have past experience leading security assessments, and have the ability to work with product and engineering teams in designing secure systems. In this role, you will conduct secure design reviews, code review and penetration testing, develop custom tools and frameworks to assist in proactive security and collaborate with product and engineering teams to build secure and resilient solutions.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Security Engineer within Amazon’s Ads Security team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that applications across numerous Ads platforms are designed and executed with the highest security standards to maintain customer trust. You will tackle a diverse array of security challenges, ranging from novel attack vectors in Ads services to selecting and implementing scalable and secure features.

• Conduct threat modeling, code review and penetration testing to identify security vulnerabilities in advertising applications and infrastructure.
• Contribute to security automation tooling for designing new detections within Amazon’s various security detection frameworks.
• Identify actionable solutions for identified vulnerabilities and collaborate with ads product and engineering teams to influence and prioritize their resolution.
• Contribute to fostering a strong security culture at Amazon through knowledge sharing and collaboration.
• Engage in cross-team projects aimed at enhancing the security posture of Amazon and customer data throughout its lifecycle.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have a broad understanding of proactive security and experience leading security assessments.

• 5+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans experience
• Experience (non-internship) in scripting, programming, and security code reviewing in a common programming language
• Experience (non-internship) in industry-based security vulnerabilities identification, attack patterns, and remediation techniques

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with securing GenAI powered applications and agentic systems

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $183,000.00 - $247,600.00 USD annually. 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.