AI Security Engineer - Taiwan
Core
Define how Obsidian discovers, understands, and mitigates risks across AI and agentic platforms by researching threats, developing security models, and building production-grade products.
Role type
Senior IC AI Security Engineer (Backend & Data)
Builds
Backend services, APIs, and scalable data pipelines for AI asset discovery, security analysis, risk assessment, and detection.
Domain
Cybersecurity / AI Security / SaaS Security
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Backend engineering, Python/Go/Java/Kotlin, scalable API design, distributed systems, data processing pipelines, SQL, cloud infrastructure, OAuth, security fundamentals, threat modeling, data analysis
Preferred skills
Cybersecurity/Identity/SaaS security product experience, AI application security (LLMs, agents, RAG), prompt injection/RAG poisoning knowledge, LLM frameworks, vector databases, streaming/batch processing, ML for security
Technologies
Python, Go, Java, Kotlin, SQL, OAuth, SaaS platforms, cloud infrastructure, vector databases, streaming technologies
Responsibilities
Research emerging AI security threats (prompt injection, tool misuse, RAG poisoning); Develop threat models for AI applications and agents; Design data models for AI assets and access relationships; Build backend services and APIs for security analysis and detection; Build scalable pipelines for high-volume security telemetry; Write queries to transform activity data into security findings; Develop detection rules and behavioral models for suspicious AI activity; Evaluate APIs, audit logs, and authentication mechanisms of AI platforms; Collaborate with global teams on product capabilities and engineering standards.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC