Application Security Engineer, Amazon

Physical Stores Security

$135-212.8k

Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided

SQL

Python

Java

Perl

Mid and Senior level

New York

Office located in Jersey City, NJ

The largest online retailer and technology provider

Job no longer available

The largest online retailer and technology provider

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceCloud ComputingeCommerce

Job no longer available

$135-212.8k

Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided

SQL

Python

Java

Perl

Mid and Senior level

New York

Office located in Jersey City, NJ

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceCloud ComputingeCommerce

Company mission

To be Earth's most customer-centric company.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience
3+ years of Application Security engineering experience
3+ years of experience in vulnerability testing and auditing
Knowledge of authorization, authentication and encryption protocols and use cases
Experience working with development team(s) that have delivered commercial software or software-based services
Knowledge of threat modeling or other risk identification techniques
Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques
Familiarity with common attack patterns and exploitation techniques (OWASP)
Development experience in Java
Scripting skills (e.g., Perl, Python shell scripting)
Knowledge of network and related web protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, UDP, IPSEC, HTTP, HTTPS, routing protocols)

Desirable

Master’s in Computer Science or related field
Experience with Security Engineering and Assurance methodologies e.g. fuzzing, static and dynamic code analysis
Experience with common attack patterns and exploitation techniques. Ability to write fully functional exploits for common vulnerabilities such as simple stack overflow, cross-site scripting, or SQL injection
Experience in using standard Security Assessment and Penetration Testing tools such as BurpSuite, Metasploit, and IDA Pro
Knowledge of technical security issues facing large multinational companies

What the job involves

As a Security Engineer, you will help ensure our devices, applications, services, and systems are designed and implemented to the highest standards and resilient to the modern threats
If you enjoy analyzing the security of systems that span from hardware to cloud services, discovering and addressing security issues and quickly reacting to new threat scenarios, this position will provide you with a challenging opportunity
You will lead in security audits, risk analysis, vulnerability testing and security reviews across all elements of this project's software systems
You will tackle challenging, novel situations every day and, given the size of this initiative, you will have the opportunity to work with multiple technical teams at Amazon in different locations
Security Consults
Architecture Review
Threat Model
Automated Code Review
Manual Code Review
Incident Response Plan Review
Security Testing
Risk documentation and remediation verification

Our take

Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.

More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.

Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.

Steph

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Insights

16% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.7)

Company

Company HQ

South Lake Union, Seattle, WA

Leadership

Jeff Bezos

(Founder & Executive Chairman)

Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.

Andy Jassy

(President & CEO)

Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.

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