Six Figure Work

Application Security Engineer, AppSec ASSET

Amazon

Company websiteamazon.com (Amazon, opens in new tab)

Base salary $159,300  to $202,400

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Seattle, WA

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  • LocationSeattle, WA
  • WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
  • Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
  • Last checked (29 min ago) · observed since

About this job

Amazon's Information Security team is looking for a security engineer well-versed in the network and system security space to join our security operations team. We are obsessed with protecting customer trust. We are a hands-on team working to protect our networks, endpoints, servers and applications. You will get the opportunity to work on large-scale security solutions spanning across multiple business units. You will work in the trenches with other security engineers, technical program managers, application developers and systems engineers to protect our customers and raise the security bar.

Key job responsibilities

Responsibilities:

· Preserve Amazon customer trust

· Perform application security reviews of critical systems and services

· Engineer security solutions to protect systems, networks and applications

· Security design and testing of the most critical Amazon applications

· Respond to security violations, vulnerabilities, and event detection systems

· Provide security policy guidance and consultations

· Evangelize security within Amazon and be an advocate for customer trust

· Be part of a team on-call rotation

A day in the life

· Provide security guidance and support to Amazon builders.

· Perform application security reviews for critical systems and services

· Develop and deliver projects that raise the security bar at scale

· Work closely with partner teams, stakeholders, builders to drive security improvements across the company

· Troubleshoot, maintain and improve internal team tooling to reduce overhead and improve efficiency

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.

Basic Qualifications

  • 3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience
  • 2+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience
  • 2+ years of troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship) experience
  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or 2+ years of IT Security experience
  • Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
  • Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques
  • Experience in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship experience)
  • Knowledge of usage or integration experience with common cloud-hosted services

Preferred Qualifications

  • 2+ years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security experience
  • Knowledge of command line tools to troubleshoot protocols, analyze log outputs, or automate basic tasks
  • Experience with AWS products and services
  • Experience performing security activities across one or more phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), such as security design review, threat modeling, secure code review, and security testing

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually

Source: Amazon · View original posting (opens in new tab)

Pay in context

This role's base floor ($159,300) is above 37% of the 149 IT & Security roles in Washington listed on this site; 22 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $159,300; the middle half runs from $143,700 to $178,400.

Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.

This range next to 6 other live Amazon roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live Amazon roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Application Security Engineer, AppSec ASSET (this listing)$159,300 - $202,400
Security Engineer II, AWS Vulnerability Managment$159,300 - $202,400
Security Engineer II, Stores AppSec$159,300 - $212,800
Security Engineer, Identity and Access Management$159,300 - $202,400
Security Engineer II, Security Incident Response Team (SIRT)$159,300 - $202,400
Application Security Engineer, Leo Proactive Security, Leo Security - METALS$159,300 - $202,400
Security Engineer SoC, Devices and Services Security$159,300 - $202,400

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All Amazon roles · How to read the bar

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2026-08-10
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Location as the employer wrote it: US, WA, Seattle

USA, WA, Seattle - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually

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