Hands-on AI Security Engineer — Production Systems

Socket.dev; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev in Boston is seeking a Security Engineer to join the Forward Deployed Engineering security team, embedding security into customer AI deployments. You will review designs, model threats, and build tooling for production AI systems in enterprise environments.

You will work hands-on with production code, cloud infrastructure, and AI/ML pipelines, collaborating with senior engineers who mentor you, while owning real security deliverables from day one. Travel up to 25% is required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct security design reviews, code reviews, and architecture assessments for production AI systems under guidance from senior security engineers
• Perform threat modeling and penetration testing for AI/ML applications deployed in customer environments; identify vulnerabilities and fix before production release
• Build and maintain security automation: scanning tools, CI/CD security gates, guardrail testing scripts, secrets detection, and dependency vulnerability checks
• Implement security controls for AI-specific threats: prompt injection prevention, output filtering, data isolation, model API endpoint hardening
• Support security incident response for FDE-delivered production AI systems; assist with triage, root cause analysis, and remediation
• Document security findings, patterns, and remediation guidance as reusable playbooks and runbooks
• Requires up to 25% travel

Job description

Socket.dev in Boston is seeking a Security Engineer to join the Forward Deployed Engineering security team, embedding security into customer AI deployments. You will review designs, model threats, and build tooling for production AI systems in enterprise environments.

You will work hands-on with production code, cloud infrastructure, and AI/ML pipelines, collaborating with senior engineers who mentor you, while owning real security deliverables from day one. Travel up to 25% is required.