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Senior Staff Security Engineer, AI Security

San Francisco, CA, United States💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-21 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior Staff Security Engineer leading technical strategy for AI security, securing AI systems and agentic workflows while building AI-powered security tooling.

Role type

Senior Staff IC Security Engineer (AI Security)

Builds

AI security guardrails, AI-powered security tooling, Shadow AI detection capabilities, and industry frameworks for responsible AI security.

Domain

FinTech / Crypto / AI Security

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

AI/ML security strategy, LLM security (prompt injection, jailbreaks, data poisoning, model extraction), agentic AI security (sandboxing, permission scoping, runtime monitoring), cloud security (AWS/GCP/Azure), CI/CD pipeline security, container/Kubernetes security, IAM, API security, threat modeling (STRIDE, MITRE ATLAS, OWASP LLM Top 10)

Preferred skills

FinTech/crypto experience, regulatory framework knowledge (NYDFS, MAS, DORA, SOC 2)

Technologies

AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, MCP servers

Responsibilities

Drive AI security technical strategy and roadmap, design security controls for LLM-integrated systems, own security across the Controlled Agentic SDLC, lead security reviews of AI integrations, build Shadow AI detection capability, serve as technical resource on agentic AI risks, shape external AI security posture.

Seniority

Senior Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence

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