AI Security Engineer

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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📋 Description

• Define how AI agents, bots, and automations authenticate, what they can access, and how actions are attributed and audited • Own security requirements for AI tool integrations, including least-privilege access and credential handling • Define and enforce security settings for approved AI tools, including data handling and access policy • Limit agent and integration access and review it when integrations change • Define security requirements for internal AI applications, including identity, data handling, secrets, and new integration reviews • Design and implement guardrails for AI applications and agents • Review new AI applications and integrations for security risks and provide practical requirements • Assist Security Operations in developing AI-powered tooling for detection, investigation, and response • Apply identity, data handling, and logging requirements to security team AI tools • Define security logging requirements for AI systems and work with Security Operations on detection • Maintain visibility into AI tool usage and verify approved configurations • Lead AI-specific aspects of security incidents, including agent misuse or data exposure • Participate in the Security Operations on-call rotation after onboarding and cross-training • Turn AI security standards into technical controls • Partner with GRC on AI governance and provide technical evidence for control design

🎯 Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in security engineering, application security, or cloud security roles • Hands-on experience securing LLM applications, AI agents, or AI developer tools • Understanding of AI-specific risks, such as prompt injection, data leakage, excessive agency, and insecure tool use (for example, the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications) • Experience with identity and access controls for services and non-human identities, including OAuth, service accounts, and secrets management • Programming experience in Python or another general-purpose language • Experience with CI/CD security checks and cloud-native deployments • Experience with security operations or incident response • Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially when explaining risk to non-security builders • Comfortable working cross-functionally and making pragmatic security decisions • Willing to participate in an on-call rotation • Experience building AI-assisted workflows for security operations • Experience building security telemetry for AI systems • Nice-to-haves: experience securing financial, trading, or other highly regulated platforms; enterprise AI coding tools and AI integrations; policy-as-code and Kubernetes; AI governance frameworks such as NIST AI Risk Management Framework or ISO 42001; balancing security rigor with operational efficiency and business needs

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options • Health Benefits • New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500 • Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card

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