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About the Team
Our team builds and operates automated reasoning technology that powers security and privacy assurance across Amazon and AWS at scale. Our technology is deeply integrated into critical Amazon and AWS security workflows. We operate at the intersection of automated reasoning, program analysis, and applied security - and our work directly impacts the security posture of every AWS service.
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Applied Science Manager to lead the team's static analysis platform science team

In this role, you will own the technical vision and roadmap for our automated reasoning engine's static analysis capabilities, drive innovation in scalable program analysis, and lead a team of applied scientists working at the frontier of automated reasoning for security while also contributing technically as a player/coach. You will partner closely with security, privacy, and compliance stakeholders across AWS to expand the reach and impact of provably correct code analysis. You will also partner closely with automated reasoning experts across the company and contribute to the science of security
Key job responsibilities
Technical Leadership: Own the science roadmap for our automated reasoning engine, including taint analysis, compositional heap analysis, modular method summarization, and dataflow graph generation
Hands-on Contribution: Personally contribute to key research and design decisions, including prototyping novel analyses and reviewing technical artifacts
Team Building & Management: Hire, develop, and retain a world-class team of applied scientists; foster a culture of scientific rigor, innovation, and operational excellence
Product Integration: Partner with application security and service teams to expand our platform's integration footprint and deliver new security and privacy analysis capabilities
Research & Innovation: Advance the state of the art in static program analysis, including exploring formal verification of analysis correctness (e.g., using Lean, Coq, or Dafny), expanding language support beyond Java, and developing novel analysis techniques for emerging security properties
Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with AWS AppSec, Privacy Engineering, and service teams to understand their security assurance needs and translate them into analysis capabilities
Strategic Influence: Represent our team in the broader Automated Reasoning community at Amazon; contribute to automated reasoning initiatives, and academic partnerships
About the team
Our team builds and operates automated reasoning technology that powers security and privacy assurance across Amazon and AWS at scale

Our automated reasoning engine is the core technology behind our managed dataflow mapping service, which automatically tracks how data flows through AWS service teams' code and infrastructure. Our technology is deeply integrated into critical Amazon and AWS security workflows. We operate at the intersection of automated reasoning, program analysis, and applied security - and our work directly impacts the security posture of every AWS service.
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.