Application Security Engineer II: AI-Powered Cloud Defense

Abnormal AI, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Abnormal AI is seeking an Application Security Engineer II to secure our AWS-based platform with a focus on AI-powered features and secure development practices. The role involves owning security architecture, coaching developers, and partnering with engineering teams to build defensible systems.

You will lead threat modeling, build security tooling for CI/CD, and design automated security tests. Strong coding skills and cloud security expertise are essential for success in this fast‑paced

Qualifications

• 5+ years of application security engineering experience, especially in cloud-native AWS environments.
• Experience securing AI/ML-powered systems or ability to ramp on prompt injection, model supply chain, and agentic-workflow risks.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Go, Java, or JavaScript/TypeScript, producing production code.

Responsibilities

• Lead threat modeling and security architecture reviews with engineering teams, focusing on AI-powered features.
• Architect, build, and maintain security tooling and CI/CD integrations to enforce secure development.
• Design and deploy automated security tests to identify vulnerabilities early in development.
• Contribute hands-on during security incidents by analyzing behavior and improving response processes.
• Coach developers on secure coding, security architecture, and threat modeling for AI-native systems.
• Define and track security posture metrics with dashboards and trend visuals.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Tools

Veracode

Checkmarx

SonarQube

Wiz

Semgrep

Burp Suite

Job description

Abnormal AI is seeking an Application Security Engineer II to secure our AWS-based platform with a focus on AI-powered features and secure development practices. The role involves owning security architecture, coaching developers, and partnering with engineering teams to build defensible systems.

You will lead threat modeling, build security tooling for CI/CD, and design automated security tests. Strong coding skills and cloud security expertise are essential for success in this fast‑paced