AI Security Engineer Manager

About the role

As a Manager in AI Security Engineering, you will play a critical role in securing the development and deployment of AI/ML and Generative AI solutions. You will operate hands-on across high-visibility initiatives, embedding security, trust, and resilience into AI systems while enabling rapid, responsible innovation.

Recruiting for this role ends on 9/19/2026.

Responsibilities

• Secure, Outcome-Driven Delivery: Design and deliver AI-enabled solutions that are secure by design, balancing business value with risk mitigation. Solve complex problems while ensuring protection of data, models, and systems.
• Hands-On AI Security Engineering: Actively contribute to architecture, design, and development of AI/ML and GenAI systems with embedded security controls. Integrate security across the SSDLC, including code reviews, testing, and deployment. In this role you will be responsible for managing AI defensive technologies and the operations of those technologies which will evolve over time.
• AI Risk Identification and Mitigation: Identify and address AI-specific vulnerabilities, including prompt injection, data leakage, model manipulation, and misuse. Implement practical safeguards to ensure system integrity and trustworthiness.
• Technical Leadership and Advocacy: Serve as a trusted technical voice for secure AI engineering. Ensure solutions are feasible, secure, and aligned with business and customer objectives.
• Engineering Excellence with Security Focus: Maintain high standards for code quality, scalability, and security. Contribute to secure coding practices, reusable patterns, and continuous improvement across engineering teams.
• Iterative and Responsible Innovation: Support rapid experimentation while applying appropriate security guardrails. Enable teams to innovate safely through controlled, risk-aware development practices.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with product, engineering, cybersecurity, and risk teams to embed AI security into solutions. Balance usability, performance, and security in decision-making.
• Standards and Best Practices: Apply and help evolve standards for AI security, including data protection, access control, model validation, and monitoring within DevSecOps and MLOps pipelines.
• Communication and Influence: Clearly articulate technical risks, trade-offs, and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Contribute to alignment and informed decision-making.
• Impact: This role directly contributes to reducing enterprise risk and strengthening trust in AI systems. Your work will enable secure adoption of AI capabilities while protecting critical assets and maintaining compliance.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Business Administration
• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in software engineering, cybersecurity, and/or including AI/ML, with hands-on delivery experience
• Minimum 1 year of people and/or process management experience

Preferred:

• Strong understanding of AI/GenAI technologies and associated security risks (e.g., prompt injection, data exposure, adversarial threats)
• Experience building and securing applications using Python, JavaScript, or similar, along with ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)
• Familiarity with secure development practices (DevSecOps) and integrating security into CI/CD and MLOps pipelines
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and cloud-native security principles
• Knowledge of data protection, identity/access management, and secure architecture patterns
• Ability to work across teams, mentor engineers, and contribute to a strong engineering culture
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into business-relevant insights

Skills

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to