AI-Powered Phone Security & Privacy Architect

ActAI; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

ActAI is building the next generation of AI-native phones with proactive security at the core. We are seeking an expert to design the security and privacy architecture that allows AI agents to safely access user data, apps and system services while protecting privacy and trust.

You will define permissions, isolation, and audit capabilities, and work across Android platform teams to embed security into the architecture from day one.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in mobile security, Android security or systems security.
• Deep understanding of Android security architecture, including sandboxing, permissions and SELinux.
• Experience designing authentication and access-control systems.
• Knowledge of encryption, secure storage and data protection.
• Experience with threat modeling, vulnerability assessment and pentesting.

Responsibilities

• Design the overall security and privacy architecture for the AI-native phone.
• Define permission models and access boundaries for AI agents.
• Design secure mechanisms for AI access to messages, contacts, calendars, and sensors.
• Implement sandboxing and isolation for agent execution.
• Define authentication, authorization and access-control mechanisms for AI tools.
• Ensure user control over data access and actions by AI.
• Implement audit logging and user-visible activity tracking.
• Design secure storage, encryption, retention and deletion of personal data.
• Identify and mitigate AI-specific security risks including prompt injection and data leakage.
• Review Android permission models and system-level security boundaries.
• Collaborate with Android/AOSP and ML teams to bake security in from the start.
• Conduct security assessments, threat modeling and penetration testing.

Skills

Mobile security

Android security

Application security

Threat modeling

Systems security

Job description

ActAI is building the next generation of AI-native phones with proactive security at the core. We are seeking an expert to design the security and privacy architecture that allows AI agents to safely access user data, apps and system services while protecting privacy and trust.

You will define permissions, isolation, and audit capabilities, and work across Android platform teams to embed security into the architecture from day one.