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Sr Security Engineer, Abuse Prevention, Devices and Services Security

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Sr Security Engineer, Abuse Prevention, Devices and Services Security

full-timePosted: Jul 27, 2026Updated: Aug 27, 2026Austin, Texas, United States

Job Description

Amazon Lab126 is looking for Embedded Security Engineer to research and prototype detection methods to identify malicious activities to protect our consumer devices. If you enjoy analyzing attack techniques (e.g., hardware and application stack), analyzing system services, operating systems, networks and applications from a security perspective, and you are skilled at discovering security issues that appear under new threat scenarios, this position will provide you with challenging opportunities. Once your prototype for abuse detection and defense mechanism is validated, you will work with software developers in your team to bring those new techniques to our consumer devices. The team has many opportunities to innovate in the device security field (e.g., Hardware security, Linux/Android Security, Machine Learning, Big data, etc.). 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 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.

Locations

  • Austin, Texas, United States

Salary

178,400 - 226,700 USD / yearly

Skills Required

  • troubleshooting systems issuesintermediate
  • at least two of the following programming languages: Scalaintermediate
  • security in service-oriented architectures/microservicesintermediate
  • security in service-oriented architecturesintermediate
  • system security vulnerabilitiesintermediate
  • trainingintermediate
  • networkintermediate

Required Qualifications

  • 4+ years of non-internship background in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools experience (experience, 4 years)
  • 5+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans experience (experience, 5 years)
  • 4+ years of (non-internship) scripting, programming, and security code review in common programming languages experience (experience, 4 years)
  • Knowledge of at least two of the following programming languages: Scala, Java, Python, C/C++, or Go (experience)
  • Experience (non-internship) in scripting, programming, and security code reviewing in a common programming language (experience)
  • Experience (non-internship) in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools (experience)
  • Experience working in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans (experience)
  • Experience (non-internship) in industry-based security vulnerabilities identification, attack patterns, and remediation techniques (experience)
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team (experience)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent (experience)
  • Experience with security in service-oriented architectures/microservices and web services (experience)
  • Experience with security in service-oriented architectures and web services (experience)
  • Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent (experience)
  • Experience with training and deploying machine learning systems to solve large-scale optimizations, or experience operating highly available, distributed systems of data extraction, ingestion, and processing of large data sets (experience)
  • Knowledge of network and web related protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, UDP, IPSEC, HTTP, HTTPS, routing protocols) (experience)

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