CareerPlan

Staff AI Security Engineer

New York, NY, USFull-time$159k–$249k2026-11-05 → 2026-11-09

Core

Drive organization-wide security enhancements and AI security strategy, including guardrails, governance, and defense against AI-based attacks.

Role type

Staff AI Security Engineer

Builds

Scalable security solutions, automated workflows, and AI security guardrails for a global data and AI platform.

Domain

Financial services / AI Security

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

AI Security strategy, AI Guardrails implementation, AI Governance, Cloud Security, Application Security, Infrastructure Security, Authentication & Authorization, Non-human identity security, Security Architecture, Project Leadership

Preferred skills

Software Engineering background, NIST AI Framework knowledge, EU AI Act knowledge, MITRE ATLAS, OWASSP Top 10 for LLMs

Technologies

AWS, LLMs, MCP, Agentic Agents

Responsibilities

Advise on AI security architectures, implement AI guardrails and controls, mentor security teams on AI usage, lead security initiatives across infrastructure and applications, design remediation plans for security gaps, collaborate with engineering and product teams.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence