AI Security Engineer - Forward Deployment Engineer (DevSecOps & AI)

About the role

Join us as an AI Security – Forward Deployment Engineer on our DevSecOps Engineering team in Austin, TX to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact. As an AI Security Engineer, you will be a part of a team in a very fast paced, agile environment that requires strong technical ability, flexibility, sound judgement and creative thinking.

Responsibilities

• Explore and make recommendations on security products.
• Follow Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) standards and practices.
• Work with external vendors to manage the backlog and roadmap.
• Leverage AI capabilities to scan AI models and engines.
• Integrate security products in DevOps ecosystem.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience with DevOps, security tools, scans and vulnerability remediation.
• Strong proficiency in Python/JavaScript alongside TypeScript/JavaScript and SQL.
• 10+ years of experience with cloud-native container platforms like Kubernetes and KOB (Container on Base Metal).
• 10–12 years of overall software development experience.
• Ability to hook up APIs, handle single sign-on (SSO/SAML), and connect enterprise systems.
• Familiarity with modern AI tools, including LLMs, agentic skills and workflows, agent looping and spec/loop-driven development.

Desired Skills

• 3+ years of experience in DevOps/DevSecOps in a professional role.
• 12+ years of software development experience.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Skills

• AI
• DevOps
• JavaScript
• Kubernetes
• LLM (Large Language Model)
• Python
• SDL
• SQL

Work model

Onsite in Round Rock, TX 78681; standard working hours; full-time temporary assignment.

Pay

Hourly rate: $85.00 – $88.00.

Duration

Estimated 19 months.