Sr Security Engineer, Amazon Leo, Amazon Leo
Amazon · Redmond, WA · Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering
About this role
Amazon is hiring a senior-level Security Engineer based in Redmond, WA. The posting calls out experience with Python, Java, C, Scala. Compensation is listed at $178,400–$226,700 per year.
- Role
- Security Engineer
- Function
- security
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Redmond, WA
- Department
- Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering
- Posted
- May 19, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersAmazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity. Have you wanted an opportunity to secure an advanced satellite broadband telecom service? The Amazon Leo team owns the security of product and operations of Amazon Leo end-to-end. We provide the necessary infrastructure and mechanisms to ensure the security of our satellite constellation and to protect the integrity and confidentiality of our customer data. Our team drives the research development, deployment and operation of several mission-critical security systems and mechanisms. As a Senior Security Engineer on the Amazon Leo Incident Response team, you work tactically with both internal and external stakeholders to respond to and root cause security issues and solve them at massive scale. The role requires you to think strategically to develop and implement changes to drive automation, scalability and continuous progress for the organization. Security Engineers in this role will be founding members of the Leo Incident Response Operations (LIRO) team, a new group which drives emergent security…