senior Security Engineer ic · Posted Feb 20, 2026
$178,400 – $226,700
USD per year

About this role

Amazon is hiring a senior-level Security Engineer based in Seattle, WA. The posting calls out experience with Python, Ruby, SQL, AWS. Compensation is listed at $178,400–$226,700 per year.

Role
Security Engineer
Function
security
Level
senior
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
Seattle, WA
Department
Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering
Posted
Feb 20, 2026
AI Summary
Senior Security Engineer researching threats and building threat intelligence systems for AWS infrastructure. Requires deep expertise in malware reverse engineering, web application security, and network security with ability to analyze malicious software using tools like IDA Pro and Ghidra. Acts as technical lead mentoring engineers on security trends.

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Job description

from Amazon careers

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help. You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion. The AWS Threat Research Team is responsible for publishing a rich source of AWS home-grown threat intelligence for AWS services and customers. We are looking for talented, creative and passionate Security Engineers to help us research threats in innovative ways to deliver actionable threat indicators and disrupt threats.…

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