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Security Engineer, AWS Proactive Security

Washington, United States🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $136,000–$184,000🗓 2026-09-22 → 2026-09-25

Core

Pre-launch Security Engineer evaluating AWS services and features to maintain a high security bar by reviewing proposed security fixes and determining efficacy before final release.

Role type

Senior IC security engineer (pre-launch verification)

Builds

AWS services and features

Domain

Cloud security / Penetration testing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

web protocols, common security attacks, remediation techniques, system security vulnerabilities, penetration testing, exploit development, scripting (Python, Perl, Bash, PowerShell), static code analysis, dynamic reproduction

Preferred skills

AWS services, coding/scripting (C, C++, Java, Ruby), security assessment tools (BurpSuite, Metasploit, IDA Pro)

Technologies

Python, Perl, Bash, PowerShell, BurpSuite, Metasploit, IDA Pro

Responsibilities

Automate verification and remediation of security issues; Manually audit source code of web services; Write proof of concept code to demonstrate security issue severity; Provide clear communication on issues to developers; Partner with AWS developers to drive application security improvement; Provide actionable long term risk mitigation guidance

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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