Application Security Engineer, AppSTAR

In this role you will strengthen the security of Amazon’s growing application landscape, focusing on reviews, secure design, and threat modeling. You will partner with internal development teams to embed secure practices and produce guidance, training, and metrics to improve security posture. The work spans cloud, devices, retail, and a broad technology stack, contributing to billions of lives’ safety and privacy on a global scale. You will own meaningful security outcomes, from architecture to outreach, in a culture that values learning and ownership. This is an opportunity to shape secure experiences at a massive, customer-focused platform.

• Training & career growth
• Work-life balance
• Mentorship
• Inclusive culture

• Application security reviews
• Secure architecture design
• Threat modeling
• Projects and research work as needed
• Security training and outreach to internal development teams
• Security guidance documentation
• Security metrics delivery and improvements
• Assistance with recruiting activities

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
• Experience programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language

• Prioritization
• Clear and compelling communication
• High focus and ownership
• Threat modeling
• Secure coding
• Identity management and authentication