Mgr SecEng, AGI/AI Security

Amazon • Austin, TX

26d

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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

Nice To Haves

• 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

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.
• 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.

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager