Security Engineer III - AMZ9689562
Amazon · New York City, NY · Corporate Operations
About this role
Amazon is hiring a mid-level Security Engineer based in New York City, NY. The posting calls out experience with Python, JavaScript, Java, Rust.
- Role
- Security Engineer
- Function
- security
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- New York City, NY
- Department
- Corporate Operations
- Posted
- Apr 3, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersMULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE Employer: AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER U.S., INC., Offered Position: Security Engineer III Job Location: New York, New York Job Number: AMZ9689562 Position Responsibilities: Perform penetration testing of complex proprietary software and hardware for AWS services. Manually audit the source code of web services and software authored in house by Amazon. Write proof of concept code to demonstrate the severity of a potential security issue. Provide clear communication on issues to developers that suggest and help to test the fix. Partner with AWS developers to drive improvement in application security as a result of security review engagements. Provide actionable long-term risk mitigation guidance to internal and external stakeholders. Conduct independent vulnerability research pertaining to AWS relevant technologies. Position Requirements: Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or a related field and four years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation. Must have four years of experience in the following skills: (1) experience in security testing (penetration testing, vulnerability testing, red teaming, bug hunting, CTF experience, or a related field); (2) manually auditing source code (Java, Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Rust, C, or related) to find security issues; (3) scripting in Python or…