CareerPlan

Distinguished Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Security

Charlotte, United States of AmericaRemoteFull-time$249k2026-10-05 → 2026-11-10
RemoteVisa sponsorship offered

Core

Principal technical authority architecting, building, and deploying secure enterprise-grade AI workloads and zero-trust topologies for Prisma AIRS.

Role type

Distinguished Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Security)

Builds

Production-grade AI safety middleware, proxy extensions, IaC deployment modules, and core Prisma AIRS engine enhancements.

Domain

Cybersecurity, AI Safety, Distributed Systems, Zero-Trust Architecture

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, Go, C++, asynchronous programming, high-concurrency systems, API gateway design, LLM orchestration, vector databases, runtime guardrails, containerization, Kubernetes operators, service meshes, infrastructure-as-code, enterprise security protocols, data loss prevention, network segmentation

Preferred skills

autonomous AI agent architectures, open-source AI security contributions, large-scale observability infrastructure, automated synthetic data generation, ML-driven data sanitization

Technologies

Python, Go, C++, Envoy, Kong, gRPC, REST, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog, Kubernetes

Responsibilities

Lead architectural design reviews for zero-trust AI safety topologies; write production-grade code integrating Prisma AIRS into enterprise microservices; build high-throughput middleware for prompt security; architect automated IaC deployment modules; optimize low-latency traffic paths for streaming LLM payloads; serve as tier-4 escalation point for mission-critical outages; analyze telemetry pipelines for edge-case failures; upstream custom plugins and core engine enhancements; partner with leadership to convert enterprise patterns into product capabilities; author enterprise reference architectures and whitepapers.

Seniority

Distinguished, hands-on IC with executive partnership