AI Security Engineer: Guardrails & Identities

Plaid

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 190,000

Full time

5 days ago

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401(k) Plan

Medical, Dental, Vision

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Plaid in Seattle is seeking a Platform Security Engineer focused on AI security. You will review new AI technologies for security risks, design and implement controls, and enable Plaid to use AI safely at scale.

You\'ll deploy guardrails, manage AI identities, and detect prompt injection across Plaid\'s AI surface. This role drives security reviews and helps set the bar for other teams while shipping AI features.

Qualifications

Must-have: hands-on experience securing AI technologies, including at least one of the following:deploying guardrails or sandboxes, managing AI identities, detecting or mitigating prompt injection, running AI security reviews, or implementing AI security tooling.

Responsibilities

Review AI systems and integrations for security risk before and after deployment.
Design and deploy guardrails, sandboxes, and other controls that contain what AI agents can do.
Build or implement systems to track and manage AI identities, so we know what access every AI has been granted and can balance risk with agility.
Detect and mitigate prompt injection across Plaid's AI surface area.
Run AI-focused security reviews and set the bar other teams build to.
Your impact: fewer AI-related incidents, faster AI shipping, and controls that scale.