WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• 10+ years of Security Engineering experience with demonstrated depth in at least two domains, such as Product Security, Cloud Security, or Security Operations, and meaningful hands-on exposure to AI or ML security in practice.
• Solid understanding of AI and LLM security concepts, including prompt injection, jailbreaks, data poisoning, model extraction, RAG manipulation, and agentic risks such as tool poisoning, excessive agency, and MCP server vulnerabilities.
• Experience securing agentic AI systems, including sandboxing, permission scoping, human-in-the-loop design, or runtime monitoring for autonomous workflows.
• Fluency with core Security Engineering domains including cloud security on AWS, GCP, or Azure, CI/CD pipeline security, container and Kubernetes security, IAM, and API security, with the ability to reason about how these apply in AI-specific contexts.
• Strong threat modeling instincts, whether using STRIDE, MITRE ATLAS, OWASP LLM Top 10, or your own approach, and comfort applying frameworks to architectures where the playbook remains in development.
• Experience in FinTech, crypto, or other highly regulated environments is a strong plus, ideally with exposure to frameworks like NYDFS, MAS, DORA, or SOC 2 as they relate to AI adoption.
• Proven ability to work across teams, influence technical direction without direct authority, and bring structure to problems that span Engineering, Product, and Security.
• A genuine builder's mentality. You are energized by problems without established playbooks, comfortable building in ambiguity, and motivated by raising the bar in an area that is still being defined.

Other common names for this role: AI Security Architect, LLM Security Engineer, Agentic AI Security Lead

For positions that will be based in NY, the annual salary range for this position is below. Actual salaries may vary based on numerous factors including, among other things, an individual applicant’s experience and qualifications for the position. This range does not include equity or additional compensation, such as bonuses or commissions.

NY Annual Base Salary Range

$224,000 — $300,000 USD

WHO WE ARE:

Do Your Best Work

• The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
• A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
• Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
• In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
• Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
• We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!

Take Control of Your Finances

• Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
• Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
• Employee giving match
• Mobile phone stipend

Take Care of Yourself

• R&R days so you can rest and recharge
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
• Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.
• Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events

Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.

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