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We are seeking a highly skilled Platform Security Engineer to own and drive security outcomes across our Devices infrastructure. In this role, you will operate as a senior security engineer, architecting and delivering security solutions that protect systems at scale while enabling engineering teams to ship with confidence.
This is a high-impact, high-ownership position. You will lead complex, cross-functional security initiatives, build automated security tooling, and raise the security bar across the organization. You will work at the intersection of software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and security — embedding security into every layer of our technology stack. In this role, you will work in the OS platform Security team for Amazon devices like Echo, FireTV, Fire tablets, wearables, Kindle readers, and automotive security.
Key job responsibilities
Help guide the software development lifecycle of devices at Amazon, from security design, threat modeling to code reviews, security testing and fuzzing
Be responsible for analyzing the security of the platform components of consumer devices
Propose, research and develop tools and techniques to improve the security posture of devices at scale
Provide technical security expertise and consultation to device product teams
Identify security risks and work with product engineers to create mitigations
Develop new security policies and procedures
Empower others to improve their security acumen by promoting awareness and developing training materials
Mentorship & Technical Leadership — Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, conduct security-focused code and design reviews, and champion security best practices that scale across the organization.
Cross-Team Collaboration — Partner with software development, infrastructure, and operations teams to embed security into platform design from day one — not as an afterthought.
About the team
Our team builds and maintains a robust security posture across our platforms. We move at the speed of the business while ensuring security is never the bottleneck. Security is a shared responsibility here — we empower every engineer to build securely, and we hold ourselves to a high bar.
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.
Basic Qualifications
4+ years of non-internship background in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools experience
5+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans experience
4+ years of (non-internship) scripting, programming, and security code review in common programming languages experience
Knowledge of at least two of the following programming languages: Scala, Java, Python, C/C++, or Go
Experience (non-internship) in industry-based security vulnerabilities identification, attack patterns, and remediation techniques
Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
Preferred Qualifications
Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
Experience with security in service-oriented architectures/microservices and web services
Working understanding of ML/AI security concepts relevant to security: model integrity, protecting models and inference at rest/in use, familiarity with AI/LLM-based security tooling and the risks of agentic/automated workflows (prompt injection, over-permissioned agents, unverified AI-generated code).
Equal Opportunity
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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, CA, Sunnyvale - 183,000.00 - 247,600.00 USD annually
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