Amazon’s Stores Pentest Team is seeking a Security Engineer to help keep Amazon
secure for its customers. In this role, you will attack Amazon’s services,
applications, and websites to discover security issues and report them to our
internal technology teams. This position will provide you with challenging
opportunities, both technologically and as a leader, but will also be a great
deal of fun if hacking Amazon alongside a team of highly skilled individuals
sounds exciting to you.
A Security Engineer at Amazon is expected to be strong in multiple domains.
Engineers in this role work closely with teams throughout Information Security,
as well as provide technical leadership and advice to teams and leaders
throughout Amazon. You will be in direct contact with teams in a variety of
business verticals, giving you first hand knowledge about how Amazon is built
and how it operates at a deep, technical level. Additionally, you will leverage
the knowledge you gain about Amazon to find new ways to break services,
processes, and technologies throughout the company.
Engineers in this role must show exemplary judgment in making technical
trade-offs between short-term fixes and long-term security and business goals.
You will demonstrate resilience and navigate ambiguous situations with composure
and tact. You will be expected to provide thought leadership for the
organization as you discover, invent, and innovate throughout the course of your
duties. Above all else, a strong sense of customer obsession is necessary to
focus on the ultimate goal of keeping Amazon and its customers secure.
Key job responsibilities
- Conducting high quality application penetration tests independently, or as
part of a team
- Creating detailed engagement plans and thoroughly documenting findings, gaps,
and remediation recommendations
- Contributing to team tooling, innovation, and improvements
- Communicating and collaborating with partner teams, service owners,
Information Security, and senior leadership to influence, prioritize, and drive
the resolution of discovered security findings
About the team
About Amazon Security
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the
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 flexible work hours and arrangements
are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home,
there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
