Security Software Engineer, Alexa & Fire TV Security

The Devices and Services (D&S) Trust & Security team works to ensure that our devices and services are designed and implemented to the high standards required to maintain and enhance customer trust. Security and Privacy are paramount to maintaining trust and we need to continue to build trusted products, maintain and operate trusted environments, and advocate trust to customers and stakeholders. The team develops security automation for devices & services, performs penetration testing, and handles and tracks incident responses to resolution. The Trust team is responsible for enabling business growth and innovation while honoring data policies and controls that help protect customer trust. We are responsible for defining and executing on the security and privacy requirements across the entire organization.

Key job responsibilities
• Design and build reusable, maintainable, and performant software consistent with Amazon standard technologies (Java, JavaScript, React, AWS etc. ).
• Adopt best practices in software engineering: design, testing, version control, documentation, build, deployment, and operations.
• Perform DevOps in a production environment by automating the design, coding, and deployment of infrastructure within an AWS environment. This includes developing CI/CD pipelines, instrumenting code to report relevant metrics, and building safe and efficient build processes.
• Collaborate with Security Teams to understand the latest security best practices and incorporate them into the product design and development
• Implement secure-by-design principles to ensure the new techniques and tooling are designed with security in mind from the ground up. This may include secure authentication and authorization, data encryption, input validation, and secure communication protocols
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g. data scientists, product managers) to identify and solve complex AI/ML problems
• Ensure AI/ML systems adhere to security, privacy, and ethical standards
• Continuously monitor and improve the performance and reliability of AI/ML systems in production
• Contribute to the development of reusable AI/ML frameworks and libraries
• Build data pipelines and infrastructure to support the development and deployment of AI/ML applications
• Work with big data technologies to build robust data pipelines, run complex queries, and leverage ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) tools such as SQL, AWS Glue, Athena, and PySpark.

A day in the life
Candidates must have a mix of communication and strong technical skills, comfortable white boarding security implementation techniques, and must be able to engage with different levels in the organization. Previous experience with Alexa is desired but not required, provided you have experience building production quality and secure technologies. You will get the opportunity to work directly with senior security and software engineers in Amazons AI Security organization, influencing their roadmaps and driving innovation.




About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security?
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build
experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth
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Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.