Sr. Engineer, Red Team, Bots & DDoS Threat Intelligence
Core
Design and execute adversarial simulations against Amazon's internet-facing infrastructure to test bot detection, WAF, CDN, and DDoS mitigation systems against autonomous AI agents and LLM-powered bots.
Role type
Senior IC offensive security engineer (red team)
Builds
Novel attack methodologies and custom offensive tooling for bot evasion and DDoS defense
Domain
Cloud security, bot mitigation, DDoS defense, AI-driven threat intelligence
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
adversarial simulation design, custom offensive tooling development, TLS fingerprint manipulation, behavioral replay systems, anti-detect browser automation, LLM-based automation research, attack pattern identification, remediation guidance authoring
Preferred skills
threat modeling, offensive security/red teaming/penetration testing, web application security, bot evasion techniques, DDoS attack methodologies, anti-detect browser frameworks, AI agent architectures
Technologies
Scala, Java, Python, C/C++, Go, Nodriver, Puppeteer Stealth, Playwright, JA3/JA3S, Canvas/WebGL
Responsibilities
Design and execute red team engagements targeting bot detection platforms, WAFs, CDN protections, and DDoS mitigation services; Develop and maintain custom offensive tooling for anti-detect browser automation and behavioral replay; Research and simulate emerging AI-driven attack vectors; Mentor junior engineers on tradecraft and responsible offensive operations; Collaborate with detection engineering teams to translate findings into defensive improvements
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
