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Security Engineer II, Stores Security

Amazon

Seattle, WAInternship$159–202K/yrSeen 1mo agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Compensation
$159–202K/yr
Location
Seattle, WA
Schedule
Internship
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

Amazon Stores seeks a Security Engineer to collaborate with software development teams, perform secure code reviews, develop security automation tools, create threat models, and provide security architecture guidance while influencing partners and ensuring customer safety across diverse services.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Python, requiredRuby, requiredGo, requiredSwift, requiredJava, required.Net, requiredC++, requiredJavaScript, requiredAWS, nice to haveCommand Line Tools, requiredThreat Modeling, requiredSecure Coding, requiredIdentity Management, nice to haveAuthentication, nice to haveCryptography, nice to haveSystem Administration, nice to haveNetwork Security, nice to haveSecure Code Review, requiredSecurity Testing, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, required3+ Years Programming in Python Ruby Go Swift Java .Net C++ or Similar Object Oriented Language, required2+ Years Scripting Programming and Security Code Review in a Common Programming Language, required2+ Years Troubleshooting Systems Issues Analyzing Logs or Automating Basic Tasks Using Command Line Tools, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Description

In Amazon Stores, we ship some of the widest arrays of technology found at any company. From Amazon.com to world class machine learning pipelines, from digital healthcare to no-checkout retail, we push the boundaries of technology in every direction using the globe’s largest AWS deployment.

As a Security Engineer, you will collaborate with software development teams to ensure we keep our customers safe while developing these novel services. In a given day, you might be inspecting an application’s code for security issues, building a new framework to help our software developers build faster and more securely, or fine-tuning the design for a new service alongside its software developers.

The ideal candidate combines technical acumen with an ability to lead by influence and communicate clearly. Technically, this person will be a security generalist with one or more areas of deep expertise. In their communication, they will clearly articulate risks to technical and non-technical audiences alike. Interpersonally, successful candidates will effectively harmonize disparate opinions while effectively prioritizing risks to guide their partners towards secure solutions.

Our organization prizes its employees, and we show it through investing in work-life

harmony. We have dedicated resources that consistently innovate in reducing on-

call time and ensuring the team spend their time on the highest-value tasks. Join the stores AppSec organization to work hard, have fun, and make history!

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

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 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.

Basic Qualifications

  • 3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience

  • 2+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience

  • 2+ years of troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship) experience

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

  • Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP

  • Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques

Preferred Qualifications

  • 2+ years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security experience

  • 2+ years of scripting, programming, or security code review in a common language, such as Python, Java or C++ experience

  • Knowledge of command line tools to troubleshoot protocols, analyze log outputs, or automate basic tasks

  • Experience with AWS products and services

  • 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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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, WA, Seattle - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually

How this job compares

Set against the 4,241 open Security Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$159–202K/yr
  • Washington median$159–220K/yr252 salary ranges
  • US median$130–203K/yr3,435 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $181K, is 3% below the Washington median midpoint ($186K) — in the middle half of Security Engineer salary ranges in Washington.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 284 open Security Engineer jobs in Washington and 4,241 across the US. 10% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Security Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 3,626 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,113 of the 4,241 open Security Engineer jobs (26%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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