Senior Security Engineer, AI Red Team, Threat Operations

Senior Security Engineer, AI Red Team, Threat Operations

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We are looking for an experienced Senior Security Engineer to join our AI Red Team within Threat Operations. This role involves conducting offensive security operations targeting AI systems, infrastructure, and emerging threats. You will execute Red Team operations across our AI portfolio, perform security research on novel attack surfaces, and develop automated solutions to scale offensive security capabilities.

• Conduct Red Team operations targeting AI assets including training pipelines, inference systems, model architectures, and supporting infrastructure.
• Perform offensive security research focused on threats to AI systems, AI supply chain security, and AI‑enabled threat actor tradecraft.
• Discover and exploit vulnerabilities in AI infrastructure, applications, and supporting systems through hands‑on security testing.
• Develop automated tools and solutions for threat emulation and scaling offensive security capabilities.
• Analyze security findings and provide detailed technical recommendations to engineering teams for remediation.
• Collaborate with security engineers and research scientists to advance AI security research and translate findings into practical risk insights.
• Simulate sophisticated threat actor techniques to validate detection and response capabilities.
• Contribute to the development of security metrics and reporting frameworks that demonstrate program effectiveness.
• Support cross‑organizational security initiatives to assess vulnerabilities introduced by growing reliance on AI.

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in offensive security testing, penetration testing, or security research.
• Hands‑on experience with vulnerability discovery, exploitation, and lateral movement techniques.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, network security, and application security principles.
• Experience with scripting and automation using Python, Go, or similar languages.
• Experience identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans.

• 7+ years of experience in offensive security or related security engineering roles.
• Experience with AI/ML security, including threats to AI systems, adversarial machine learning, or AI supply chain security.
• Track record of building security tools or automation that scales across organizations.
• Experience with Red Team operations, threat‑based assessments, or security research programs.
• Deep technical knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and container technologies.
• Experience with distributed systems, training infrastructure, or inference optimization.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical findings into clear recommendations for diverse audiences.
• Contributions to security research community through publications, presentations, or open‑source tools.
• Understanding of threat actor tradecraft and ability to emulate sophisticated attack techniques.
• Experience working with cross‑functional teams to drive security improvements.

The Threat Operations team protects critical customer trust points through offensive security operations and emergent threat research. The team validates security across diverse technology landscapes, from AWS to satellite communications and autonomous systems to frontier AI models and advertising platforms. Members bring a cross‑section of national security and private sector experience, fostering diverse perspectives and creative problem solving.

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