Security Engineer, Compliance Penetration Testing

Full Job Description

Application deadline: Oct 15, 2026

Amazon Stores Security is hiring a Security Engineer for our Application Security Compliance Penetration Testing (CPT) team.

In this role you will attack Amazon's services, applications, and websites to find security issues, and work directly with the owning technology teams to get them resolved. CPT's testing is driven by Amazon's regulatory and compliance commitments, which means your findings support Amazon's ability to operate in regulated markets, and your reports are read by external auditors as well as internal teams.

You will be in direct contact with teams across a range of business verticals, which gives you first hand knowledge of how Amazon is built and operated at a deep technical level. You will use that knowledge to find new ways to break services, processes, and technologies across the company, and to improve the tooling the team tests with.

Engineers in this role are expected to show good judgment in making trade-offs between short term fixes and long term security goals, to navigate ambiguous situations with composure, and to bring a strong sense of customer obsession to the work of keeping Amazon and its customers secure.

Key job responsibilities

• Conducting high quality penetration tests independently, or as part of a team
• Creating detailed engagement plans and thoroughly documenting findings, gaps, and remediation recommendations
• Contributing to team tooling, innovation, and improvements
• Communicating and collaborating with partner teams, service owners, Information Security, and senior leadership to influence, prioritize, and drive the resolution of discovered security findings

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 We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

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.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or experience in IT Security
• 2+ years of scripting language, or 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
• 3+ years of hands-on application penetration testing or offensive security assessments across web applications, APIs, or cloud services (non-internship) experience
• Experience manually identifying, exploiting, and documenting application vulnerabilities, including authentication, authorization, business logic, and input validation flaws
• Experience writing penetration test reports and communicating findings, severity, and remediation guidance directly to software development teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience performing security activities across one or more phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), such as security design review, threat modeling, secure code review, and security testing
• Experience with AWS products and services
• Experience testing service-oriented or RPC-based backend services in addition to web front ends
• Experience building security automation, for example scripting or tooling that automates testing, finding triage, reporting, or evidence collection
• Experience using AI or LLM-assisted tooling to accelerate security testing
• Working knowledge of one or more regulatory or compliance frameworks such as PCI DSS, SOX, MAS TRM, RBI, or GDPR, and how their requirements translate into penetration testing scope and evidence
• Familiarity with recognized testing standards such as OWASP ASVS, OWASP Top 10, or PTES
• Offensive security certification such as OSCP, OSWE, GPEN, or PenTest+

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, , - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually

Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or experience in IT Security 2+ years of scripting language, or 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP 3+ years of hands-on application penetration testing or offensive security assessments across web applications, APIs, or cloud services (non-internship) experience Experience manually identifying, exploiting, and documenting application vulnerabilities, including authentication, authorization, business logic, and input validation flaws Experience writing penetration test reports and communicating findings, severity, and remediation guidance directly to software development teams