Security Engineer II, AppRank

Amazon is hiring a Security Engineer II, AppRank in Austin, United States. It pays $159k-$202k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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Level rates this cybersecurity role Uses AI ●●○○: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
The listed pay starts close to the typical cybersecurity posting on Level.
Tools and skills the posting cites include security engineering, application security and vulnerability management.
Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
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Engineer automated security solutions and AI-driven classification tools to assess application criticality and vulnerabilities.

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In Amazon Stores, we develop and operate some of the most diverse and high-scale technologies in the world — from Amazon.com’s global retail platform to advanced machine learning systems and next-generation retail experiences. With the scale and innovation we drive comes the responsibility to build secure systems from the ground up.

We are seeking a Security Engineer to join the AppSec organization and support Application Ranking AppRank (application criticality measurement) — a critical initiative to identify Amazon's most critical applications and criteria. In this role, you will leverage your application architecture excellence to engineer scalable, innovative solutions to assess application criticality criteria for the identification of systemic patterns across business units. Your work will directly impact the security posture of Amazon's most strategic lines of business.

You will collaborate closely with software engineering teams, product managers, and security leadership to ensure the most critical applications are identified early in the software development lifecycle at scale.

The ideal candidate blends strong technical execution with security intuition, and thrives in environments where they can influence, automate, and scale security impact. You should be comfortable translating complex application architecture into actionable insights and driving adoption of security best practices across a large and distributed engineering organization.

At Amazon, we invest in our people and empower our teams to focus on high-leverage work over reactive tasks. Join us to work on some of the most innovative and impactful security challenges in the industry—and help keep our customers safe by preventing security issues before they happen.

Key job responsibilities
Engineer AI-driven solutions to assess and classify security findings across business units

Identify root causes of recurring vulnerabilities and develop systemic remediation strategies

Design and build internal tools to analyze patterns in security findings and prevent recurrence

Collaborate with application teams to implement preventative security controls earlier in the development lifecycle (Shift-Left)

Develop automated workflows to integrate security insights into developer pipelines

Perform targeted code reviews and static/dynamic analysis to validate findings and guide mitigations

Contribute to the creation of security dashboards and metrics for visibility into finding trends and remediation velocity

Partner with security leadership and engineering stakeholders to define and prioritize high-impact prevention efforts

Investigate and eradicate classes of vulnerabilities through scalable solutions

Guide teams through remediations by providing technical mentorship and secure design best practices

Maintain deep awareness of emerging threats, and proactively adapt tooling and processes to address them

A day in the life
You split your time between building, investigating, and advising. Some mornings you're deep in the risk-prioritization engine; refining how it classifies and scores risk so application reviews are focused on what actually matters. Other days you may be fielding questions, helping teams understand their risk posture and working through disagreements with technical depth.

You collaborate as much as you code; pairing with application teams to help understand and resolve risk for their applications at scale.

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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Basic qualifications

- 3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience
- 2+ years of troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship) experience
- Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques
- Experience in scripting, programming, and security code reviewing in a common programming language (non-internship)
- Experience in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship experience)
- 4+ years of any combination of the following: application security frameworks, identity and access controls, incident response, mobile security, cloud computing and security, AI security, threat intelligence, and penetration testing experience
- Knowledge of one or more of the following domains: access-control system and methodology, network security, application- and system-development security, security architecture and models, cryptography, and operations security
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent work experience

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
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP(S), DNS, and TCP/IP

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

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, TX, Austin - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually

How we rate this

Security Engineer II, AppRank at Amazon rates 55 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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Key facts

Security Engineer II, AppRank is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 2 of 4: Uses AI.
The listed salary is $159k-$202k a year.
The role is based in US, TX, Austin.
The job was posted on August 18, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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Pay

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