Founding Security Engineer

present of AI; Washington; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

present of AI is seeking a hands-on security generalist to work with engineers to embed security into how products are designed and shipped, focusing on cloud and Kubernetes environments, detection rules, and vulnerability management from finding through fix.

The role fits the AI era by enabling safe AI adoption in fintech serving government and utility clients, with opportunities to automate routine tasks and practice security automation with Python.

Qualifications

• Several years of focused security work.
• Comfort reading and changing code.
• Experience securing cloud environments and Kubernetes.
• Ability to write and tune detection rules.
• Run vulnerability management from finding through fix.
• Collaborate with engineers to embed security in product design and shipping.

Responsibilities

• Work with engineers to build security into product design and shipping.
• Write and tune detection rules.
• Secure cloud and Kubernetes environments.
• Run vulnerability management from finding through fix.
• Automate routine scanning and alert triage where possible.

Skills

Security engineering

Cloud security

Kubernetes security

Vulnerability management

Code reading

Detection rules

Tools

Terraform

GCP

CI/CD tooling

Python

Job description

This is a hands on security generalist role covering both product and enterprise security at a young company. The person must work directly with engineers to build security into how products are designed and shipped, write and tune detection rules, secure cloud and Kubernetes environments, and run vulnerability management from finding through fix. A strong candidate brings several years of focused security work, comfort reading and changing code, and a style that helps teams move faster rather than blocking them.

How it fits the AI era

AI touches this role in two ways. The company builds AI powered payment and benefits tools, so the security engineer must help set safe technical and policy guardrails for AI adoption across the company. Much routine scanning and alert triage can be automated, but judgment about risk, prioritization, and working with engineers to fix real problems stays human.

How it builds AI experience

The role offers direct exposure to governing AI use inside a fintech serving government and utility clients, including writing frameworks for safe adoption. A candidate can build this by learning how AI features are deployed and where they create new attack paths, and by practicing security automation with Python. Experience with cloud and code security in an AI product setting would strengthen an application.

Worth showing

• Cloud security on GCP
• Vulnerability management ownership
• Secure CI/CD and Terraform

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About Promise

An AI powered payment and benefits platform that helps governments and utilities collect what they are owed while giving struggling residents flexible ways to pay and get help.