Lead AI Security Engineer

EPAM Systems, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

LinkedIn Learning access

Global career opportunities

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Lead AI Security Engineer to protect enterprise microservices APIs across web and mobile environments. You will partner with engineering and business stakeholders to improve security and observability using AI-driven detection and automation.

The role requires 5+ years securing APIs and cloud-native architectures, strong leadership, and deep expertise in AI security and observability. Hybrid work and enterprise impact are offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years securing APIs, web apps and service-to-service communications.
• Experience with microservices, REST APIs, GraphQL and event-driven architectures.
• Experience in AI security and LLM application security testing, including agentic platforms.
• Lead-level collaboration with application teams and business stakeholders.
• Strong ownership to triage events and deliver secure solutions end-to-end.
• Solid observability design using logs, traces, metrics and event streams.
• Strong automation, scripting skills to analyze telemetry and security events.
• Strong risk assessment for exposed endpoints and public services.
• Excellent communication to present findings and mitigation plans.
• English proficiency at least Upper-Intermediate (B2).

Responsibilities

• Implement security controls for web applications, APIs, microservices and AI-enabled services.
• Design observability for REST and GraphQL APIs and critical workflows.
• Leverage AI and automation to analyze telemetry, logs and security events.
• Identify and mitigate risks related to exposed endpoints and public services.
• Coordinate with teams and stakeholders to validate workflows and resolve issues.
• Develop runbooks and troubleshooting procedures for recurring endpoint issues.

Skills

API security

AI security

Observability design

Automation scripting

Security incident response

Tools

Akamai Application Security

Dynatrace

Grafana

Splunk

Langfuse

Job description

We are seeking a Lead AI Security Engineer to secure enterprise microservices APIs across web and mobile environments. You will partner with engineering and business stakeholders to improve security and observability using AI-driven detection and automation.ResponsibilitiesImplement security controls for web applications, APIs, microservices, and AI-enabled servicesDesign observability for microservice REST and GraphQL APIs and critical application workflowsLeverage AI and automation to analyze telemetry, logs, and security events to detect and investigate issuesIdentify and mitigate risks related to exposed endpoints and publicly accessible servicesCoordinate with application teams, product owners, and business stakeholders to validate workflows and resolve issuesCommunicate risks, mitigation plans, and recovery status to technical and business audiencesDevelop operational runbooks and troubleshooting procedures for recurring endpoint and API issuesRequirements5+ years of experience securing APIs, web applications, and service-to-service communicationsExperience with microservices, REST APIs, GraphQL, and event-driven architecturesExperience in AI Security and LLM application security testing, including agentic platformsLead-level experience partnering with application teams and business stakeholders to drive remediationStrong project ownership skills to triage events and deliver secure solutions end to endStrong observability design skills using logs, traces, metrics, and event streamsStrong automation and scripting skills to analyze telemetry, logs, and security eventsStrong risk assessment skills for exposed endpoints and publicly accessible servicesStrong communication skills to present findings and mitigation plans to technical and business audiencesEnglish proficiency at B2 (Upper-Intermediate)Nice to haveAkamai Application Security experience, including API Security or Bot ManagerDynatrace experience for logs, traces, metrics, and event streamsGrafana experience for dashboards and alertingLangfuse experience for observability and telemetry analysisSplunk experience for log analytics and security event investigationsWe offerInternational projects with top brandsWork with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peersHealthcare benefitsEmployee financial programsPaid time off and sick leaveUpskilling, reskilling and certification coursesUnlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ coursesGlobal career opportunitiesVolunteer and community involvement opportunitiesEPAM Employee GroupsAward-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn