Senior Security Engineer, Ads Security

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, develop custom tools and frameworks to assist in proactive security and collaborate with product and engineering teams to build secure and resilient solutions. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring the protection of customer data and critical infrastructure within the Ads organization.


Key job 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. Additionally, you will serve as a subject matter expert, providing guidance to developers on building secure products and fostering a security-conscious culture within the organization.

* Conduct security reviews and identify 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.



A day in the life
Activities in this role include:
• Identifying security vulnerabilities in advertising applications and infrastructure.
• Influencing product teams and senior leadership to implement practices that maintain a high security bar.
• Proposing, collaborating & obtaining buy-in on strategic security initiatives.
• Recommending and developing security-focused tools that help product teams prevent security misconfiguration & vulnerabilities at scale.

About the team
The Ads Security organization at Amazon is dedicated to creating innovative technical solutions that detect, assess, and mitigate security risks within Amazon’s Advertising businesses. Our vision is to accelerate the development velocity of the Advertising business by ensuring that our products are inherently secure. We are seeking a talented engineer to join our team, where you will have the opportunity to contribute to securing applications and services critical to delivering exceptional customer and partner experiences at scale in Amazon Ads.

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience with developing security automation tooling
- 3+ years of experience in a proactive security role
- Experience with AWS products and services
- Experience with application security design and architecture review

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with Gen AI and/or mobile security assessments

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.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.