Amazon's Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) organization's mission is to build world-class, general-purpose intelligence services that benefit every Amazon business and humanity. In AGI security, we make sure our AGI services and all applications that rely on them earn and keep our customers' trust. We partner with scientists, AGI builders, and teams across Amazon to ensure our models and GenAI applications are built securely by default.
We are looking for an experienced security engineering leader to join the AGI/AI Security Team. As a manager, you will lead security engineers and technical program managers to solve novel security challenges that arise when Amazon builds and deploys Generative AI technologies. You'll help them develop their skills and their careers as you tackle emerging threats like prompt injection, model poisoning, data leakage, and adversarial attacks, while contributing to Amazon's overall security and privacy strategy for AI systems.
Key job responsibilities
- You will lead the strategic direction and evolution of GenAI Security processes, including setting goals and establishing priorities for securing LLM integrations, prompt engineering workflows, and AI model deployments.
- You will set the direction for the team by driving strategic initiatives in AI security, influencing leadership, key stakeholders, and partnering with AI/ML teams throughout Amazon.
- You will develop a healthy and collaborative culture and enable the team to deliver results in the rapidly evolving GenAI security landscape.
- You will lead effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities, including data science, ML engineering, and product teams.
- You will write and deliver high-quality documents for technical and non-technical audiences on complex GenAI security topics.
A day in the life
- You will drive the adoption of GenAI-specific security processes, automation, and tooling to improve operational efficiency and scale security reviews for AI applications.
- You will stay current with emerging GenAI security threats and vulnerabilities, ensuring the team maintains expertise in areas such as prompt injection prevention, model security, RAG security, and AI supply chain security.
- You will mentor and develop individual contributors, helping them grow their technical expertise and leadership capabilities.
About the team 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
- 5+ years of managing and developing teams experience
- 5+ years of progressive work within a software security team or related operating environment experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field
- Knowledge of security of web services, video content protection technologies, cryptography, network security protocols and operating system security
- Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
Preferred Qualifications
- information security professional certification (SANS GIAC, CISSP etc.)
- Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Knowledge of information security technologies such as security design review, threat modeling, risk analysis, and software testing techniques
- Experience managing remote team members
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, TX, Austin - 175,100.00 - 236,900.00 USD annually USA, WA, Seattle - 175,100.00 - 236,900.00 USD annually