Security Engineer II, Differentiated Security Team (DST)
Amazon · Austin, TX · Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering
About this role
Amazon is hiring a mid-level Security Engineer based in Austin, TX. The posting calls out experience with Python, Java, C++, Ruby. Compensation is listed at $159,300–$202,400 per year.
- Role
- Security Engineer
- Function
- security
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Austin, TX
- Department
- Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering
- Posted
- May 19, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersAt Amazon, we obsess over our customers and maintaining their trust. To earn that trust in an environment as vast and varied as Amazon's requires the applied skills of smart security engineers and experienced, innovative security leaders willing to tackle challenges at dizzying scales. We are seeking Security Engineers who want to help secure Amazon. If you're passionate about Information Security, have exceptional technical depth in one or more security domains, and want to join a large-scale, fast-paced organization with global impact on millions of customers, then we'd like to talk to you. We are passionate in our desire to secure Amazon's environments and protect our customers' trust and unflinching in our resolve to hold the security bar high. Key job responsibilities As a Security Engineer on the STRIKE team, you will: • Conduct time-bound (2-4 month) targeted security engagements with business units across Amazon Stores to drive risk remediation • Identify cross-cutting security gaps in differentiated environments and drive remediation to resolution • Partner with core security teams to improve existing security mechanisms and propose new ones when needed • Generate actionable security insights from engagements that inform investment in self-service security capabilities • Enable business units to independently…