AI Security Engineer – Applications & Platform Defense

Writer; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid parental leave (16 weeks)

Fertility and family planning support

Health savings account with company贡献

Job summary

WRITER is seeking a security engineer to build the security foundations for our AI platform. You will work at the intersection of application security, AI infrastructure, and developer enablement, embedding security into every line of code while keeping the platform powerful and trustworthy.

The role covers threat modeling, secure coding standards, and automating security controls at scale, including securing data pipelines and model training environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of hands-on experience in application security engineering for large-scale production systems.
• Understanding of developer experience and workflows to ship features with risk-reduction and velocity.
• Ability to read and review code across multiple languages and understand security implications in business logic.
• Knowledge of SAST/DAST solutions, vulnerability management, security testing frameworks, and DevSecOps practices.
• Excellent communication skills to translate security concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Builder mindset focused on automation, scaling, and empowering teams, not bottlenecks.

Responsibilities

• Build security into the DNA of our AI platform with threat modeling sessions and secure architectures for new features.
• Own and evolve the application security program, including CI/CD integration of SAST/DAST and secure code reviews.
• Champion secure coding standards and create reusable security patterns for engineers.
• Design and recommend security features to protect customer environments and data pipelines.
• Integrate AI agents to increase security team velocity while reducing risk.
• Lead security assessments and pentests across applications, AI services, and APIs.
• Implement security controls for data pipelines, model training environments, and customer-facing agents.
• Stay ahead of AI/ML security threats by researching attack vectors on LLMs and generative AI.

Skills

Python

Java

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

Tools

SAST/DAST tools

Vulnerability management platforms

Security testing frameworks

DevSecOps practices

Job description

WRITER is seeking a security engineer to build the security foundations for our AI platform. You will work at the intersection of application security, AI infrastructure, and developer enablement, embedding security into every line of code while keeping the platform powerful and trustworthy.

The role covers threat modeling, secure coding standards, and automating security controls at scale, including securing data pipelines and model training environments.