Amazon
Security Engineer
Job Description
Salary: £60,000 - 110,000 per year
Requirements:- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
- Experience programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or a similar object-oriented language
- Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
- Experience in any combination of application security frameworks, security code reviews, incident response, secure infrastructure, penetration testing, mobile security, cloud security, AI security, identity and access controls, threat modeling, cryptography, threat intelligence, or secure software development
- AI/LLM-based automation of security workflows
- Experience with AWS products and services
- Experience with any combination of threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration, and network security
- Conduct application security reviews
- Design secure architectures
- Perform threat modeling
- Complete projects and research work as needed
- Deliver security training and outreach to internal development teams
- Automate and enhance security review processes using AI agents, LLMs, and generative AI tooling
- Create security guidance documentation
- Deliver and improve security metrics
- Assist with recruiting activities
- AI
- AI Agents
- AWS
- Cloud
- Cryptography
- HTTP
- Java
- LLM
- Mobile
- Network
- Python
- Ruby
- Security
- Swift
- TCP/IP
- ASP.NET
- Support
- Web
More:
We are Amazon Security, where security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. We are responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazons products and services. Our team works across a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores. We value diverse experiences, inclusive team culture, training and career growth, and work/life balance. We are looking for an experienced application security engineer to join our Application Security team and help protect the safety, security, and privacy of billions of lives on a global scale.
last updated 34 week of 2026
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£85,000
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£60,000
UK median
This salary is 42% above the UK median for Software Engineers (£60,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks