director Cloud Security Engineer ic · Posted Apr 24, 2026
$250,000 – $338,200
USD per year

About this role

Amazon is hiring a director-level Cloud Security Engineer based in Seattle, WA. The posting calls out experience with AWS, Networking, Security, Encryption. Compensation is listed at $250,000–$338,200 per year.

Role
Cloud Security Engineer
Function
security
Level
director
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
Seattle, WA
Department
Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering
Posted
Apr 24, 2026

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Job description

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Amazon processes millions of payment transactions daily across 100+ global partners, serving hundreds of millions of customers, sellers, and vendors. Every one of those transactions depends on trust, and Payments Security (PaySec) exists to earn and keep it. We are the dedicated security organization for Amazon's payments ecosystem: Consumer Payments, Financial Services, International Emerging Stores Payments, Gift Cards, India Payments, and Amazon Pay. PaySec operates across the full security lifecycle. Our Product Security engineers embed directly with payments builder teams to shift security left into the development process. Our Security Solutions Delivery team builds the tooling, automation, and data platforms that scale security across the portfolio. Our Security Operations function runs threat detection, threat intelligence, and incident response for payments-critical infrastructure. Together, these teams protect one of the highest-value attack surfaces in e-commerce. We are looking for a Director to lead this organization. You will own the security strategy for Amazon's entire payments domain, set the multi-year vision, and build the team and mechanisms to execute it. You will operate at the intersection of security engineering, business strategy, and organizational leadership, partnering with payments GMs, Amazon's CISO organization, and VP-level stakeholders to make security a business accelerator rather than a…

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