[Hiring] Mobile Security Engineer @Amazon

Role Description

Amazon’s Stores Application Security Team is seeking a Mobile Security Engineer to help keep Amazon secure for its customers. In this role, you will attack Amazon’s services and mobile applications to discover security issues and report them to our internal technology teams. This position will provide you with challenging opportunities, both technologically and as a leader, but will also be a great deal of fun if hacking Amazon alongside a team of highly skilled individuals sounds exciting to you.

A Security Engineer at Amazon is expected to be strong in multiple domains. Engineers in this role work closely with teams throughout Information Security, as well as provide technical leadership and advice to teams and leaders throughout Amazon. You will be in direct contact with teams in a variety of business verticals, giving you first-hand knowledge about how Amazon is built and how it operates at a deep, technical level. Additionally, you will leverage the knowledge you gain about Amazon to find new ways to break services, processes, and technologies throughout the company.

Engineers in this role must show exemplary judgment in making technical trade-offs between short-term fixes and long-term security and business goals. You will demonstrate resilience and navigate ambiguous situations with composure and tact. You will be expected to provide thought leadership for the organization as you discover, invent, and innovate throughout the course of your duties. Above all else, a strong sense of customer obsession is necessary to focus on the ultimate goal of keeping Amazon and its customers secure.

Key job responsibilities

• Conducting high quality application 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• 3+ years of experience in a penetration testing or similar offensive security role
• 3+ years of experience in client-side application security, including reverse engineering and security assessments
• 3+ years of professional experience with security engineering practices, including: web application security, authentication and authorization protocols, cryptography, automation, and other software security disciplines
• 3+ years of experience with dynamic and manual code auditing to identify security issues
• 3+ years of experience with interpreted or compiled languages (e.g. Python, Ruby, C/C++, Java, .NET)
• Experience with threat modeling, design review, or other threat analysis techniques
• Proficiency with binary analysis tools (e.g. Ghidra, IDA Pro, Radare2, Hopper, Jadx)
• Experience with client-side application instrumentation and dynamic testing (e.g. Frida, Objection, LLDB, Burp Suite)

Requirements

• Knowledge of cloud services such as AWS or equivalent
• Experience with design, implementation, support, and evaluation of security-focused tools and services
• Experience with mobile application penetration testing
• Familiarity with threat models for client-side applications on consumer devices and the vulnerability classes specific to their platforms and communication protocols
• Experience mentoring developers on secure coding practices and vulnerability mitigations
• Experience in CTF competitions, CVE research, and/or Bug Bounty recognition

Benefits

• Comprehensive 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
• Parental leave