Security engineer Jobs in Thornton, CO

Application deadline: Sep 13, 2026

We are changing the way millions of customers interact with entertainment that enriches lives. Amazon Global Media and Entertainment delivers experiences at unparalleled scale. Whether it's launching our own studio to create original and exclusive content or connecting players and developers to the games and communities they love, Amazon Global Media and Entertainment Security is at the center of customer, builder, and content journeys. Come build with us.

Key job responsibilities
As a Security Engineer within Global Media and Entertainment, you will collaborate with engineering teams to drive the implementation and validation of security controls prior to production launch. You will provide frontline support for partners on security-related issues, including design reviews, network monitoring, and emerging threat response. This role requires thought leadership as you invent and innovate to protect our customers and content at scale.

• Engage early with development teams at the ideation and design stage to embed security into applications from the start, providing guidance on secure architecture and coding practices.
• Collaborate with security stakeholders to define and drive the long-term security strategy and participate in periodic on-call rotations to support security incidents.
• Partner with developers to build scalable, self-service security tools that enable teams to identify and remediate security risks at the speed of business.
• Design, build, and maintain automated security guardrails and paved paths that enable secure-by-default practices.
• Leverage AI tools and techniques to accelerate security assessments, automate threat detection, and drive innovation in how we secure systems at scale.


A day in the life
As a Security Engineer, you might spend your morning collaborating with a development team on a design review for an upcoming service launch, ensuring security controls are properly integrated. In the afternoon, you could be addressing a new attack pattern you've identified in the logs or working with the studios team to develop a new agent for content creators. You'll balance proactive security improvements with reactive incident response, always making risk-based decisions grounded in data. Your work directly impacts millions of customers by keeping their entertainment experiences secure and uninterrupted.

About the team
Amazon Global Media and Entertainment Security is at the forefront of protecting customer experiences across streaming services, gaming platforms, and original content. Our team operates at massive scale, defending against sophisticated threats while enabling innovation. You'll work alongside talented security professionals who are passionate about both technical excellence and customer trust. We offer opportunities to build experience across diverse domains from cloud security to content protection while contributing to products that entertain millions worldwide.

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.

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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our 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 scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
- Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques
- Experience in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship experience)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience implementing security solutions at the business division level or equivalent
- Experience in any combination of the following: application security frameworks, security code reviews, incident response, secure infrastructure, penetration testing, mobile security, cloud security, AI security, identity and access controls, threat modeling, cryptography, threat intelligence, or secure software development
- Experience with AI/ML technologies

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

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