Security Engineer, AWS Bug Bounty

United States💼 Full-time💰 $159,300–$202,400🗓 2026-07-06 → 2026-07-10

Core

Triage incoming security reports for AWS's 200+ services, reproduce vulnerabilities, and drive remediation while building automation to scale the process.

Role type

Security Engineer (Bug Bounty Triage & Automation)

Builds

Automated ticketing, reporting, and trend identification tools for the AWS Bug Bounty program

Domain

Cloud Security / Bug Bounty Program

Deliverable

Required skills

Security vulnerability analysis, scripting/programming, AWS product knowledge, root cause analysis, automation development, stakeholder communication

Preferred skills

Threat modeling, secure coding, identity management, cryptography, system administration, network security

Technologies

AWS services, scripting languages, ticketing systems, reporting tools

Responsibilities

Research and reproduce security issues from bug bounty reports, manage relationships with external security researchers, perform deep analysis of new vulnerability classes, drive improvements to team tooling and automation, influence program direction, identify and resolve vulnerability trends

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

Rewrite

## Responsibilities - Researching, reproducing, and responding to security issues reported through the bug bounty program - Technical Escalation - Managing relationships with external security researchers working with AWS's bug bounty program - Perform deep analysis of new vulnerability classes - Driving improvements to team tooling, automation, and processes - Influencing program direction - Identify and drive resolution of vulnerability trends - Attend industry conferences and assist in hosting on site hack-a-thons and other researcher engagement activities ## Requirements - Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques - 2+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience - Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent - Experience with AWS products and services ## Nice to Have - 2+ years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security experience ## Benefits - Inclusive Team Culture - Training & Career Growth - Work/Life Balance - Diverse Experiences - Why Amazon Security?

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