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Senior AI Security Engineer

US, WA, SeattleFull-time$184k–$288k2026-10-20 → 2026-11-09

Core

Building secure environments by developing software, APIs, and tools that interface humans, AI models, and computing artifacts to accelerate cybersecurity tooling for AI.

Role type

Senior IC security engineer (AI agents & tooling)

Builds

Secure agent architectures, reusable CLI tools, APIs, and integration patterns for enterprise platforms

Domain

Cybersecurity + AI/ML

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Backend services development, API design, automation, multi-contributor project management, agent/AI tooling architecture, offensive security/red teaming, adversarial thinking, MVP prototyping, open-source governance

Preferred skills

Human-centered design, engineering velocity tooling, agentic system experience (workflow orchestration, policy controls, trust systems), AI-specific security risk understanding (injection, data exfiltration, unsafe delegation)

Responsibilities

Build leading software to improve AI cybersecurity tooling; collaborate with research and product teams to transition research code to alpha products; identify high-value MVPs for security/identity problems and iterate to production; develop reusable skills and integration patterns for secure agent approaches; partner with cross-functional teams to align architecture with workflow needs

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC