Security Engineering Manager, Amazon
SDO AppSec EMEA
The largest online retailer and technology provider
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The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- Extensive experience leading, managing & developing high performance teams
- Extensive progressive experience within a software security team or similar operating environment
- BA/BS in computer science, information security, related studies, or equivalent work experience
Desirable
- Strong technical understanding of the OWASP Top 10
- Experience reading and writing code in at least one programming language, including Java, Kotlin, Objective C, or Swift
- Experience in one or more of the following areas: application security, application development, or penetration testing
- Excellent written communication skills with the ability to translate technically complex issues into simple, easy-to-understand concepts
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced security leader to join the Application Security team
- As a security leader, you will own building and managing a team of security engineers, fostering a strong team culture
- You should know how to prioritize, communicate clearly and compellingly, and understand how to drive a high level of focus and excellence with a strong team
- Passion and discipline around cloud computing is critical, as is a high level of ownership and accountability
- As a manager on our team, you will recruit and lead a team of top-notch application security engineers to solve interesting security challenges that arise when Amazon invents new technologies
- You’ll help them develop their skills and their careers as you tackle those challenges and contribute to Amazon’s overall security and privacy strategy
- Lead, manage, and develop a team of Security Engineers and Technical Program Managers responsible for Application Security (AppSec) of Amazon services
- Lead the strategic direction and evolution of the Application Security review team/s, including setting goals and establishing priorities
- Set the direction for the team by driving strategic initiatives, influencing leadership, key stakeholders, and partnering with teams throughout Amazon
- Develop a healthy and collaborative culture and enable the team to deliver results
- Lead effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities
- Lead improvements to internal program and process
- Write and deliver high-quality documents for technical and non-technical audiences
- Drive the adoption of security processes, automation, and tooling to improve operational efficiency
Salary benchmarks
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
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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