Lead Senior Security Engineer (Enterprise AI Platform)

Evolver; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Free lunch in-office

Job summary

Evolver is seeking a Lead Senior Security Engineer to own and scale security across its AI platform. You will lead architecture, deployment patterns, and secure customer environments for Fortune 1000 clients, reporting to the CTO. This is a hybrid role based in Palo Alto, CA.

You’ll work with Cloud, DevOps, GenAI, and Forward Deployed Engineers to embed security at every layer, drive compliance, and advance enterprise-grade security capabilities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in security architecture and engineering.
• Experience securing SaaS platforms and cloud-native systems.
• Hands-on cloud security experience, preferably Azure.
• Experience with SSO, SAML, OIDC, RBAC, secrets management, and secure SDLC.
• Experience working with enterprise customers and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead security design, architecture, and implementation for Evolver’s AI platform.
• Define secure deployment patterns for Fortune 1000 customers on cloud or customer-controlled environments.
• Embed security into CI/CD, IaC, container deployments, secrets management, monitoring, and incident response.
• Secure AI platform capabilities including data isolation, model access controls, and audit trails.
• Lead technical security discussions with customers and support audits and compliance.

Skills

Security architecture

Identity & access control

Cloud security

SSO / RBAC / IAM

Enterprise customer collaboration

Enterprise security architecture

Tools

Azure

IAM tooling

Job description

Lead Senior Security Engineer (Enterprise AI Platform)

About Us

Evolver is building an AI platform that takes on core enterprise functions under the CFO agenda, including finance, tax, audit, risk, compliance, and operational efficiency. Our platform is deployed with Fortune 1000 companies and professional services firms to automate complex, regulated workflows that require high accuracy, strong governance, explainability, and enterprise-grade security.

We are looking for a Lead Senior Security Engineer to own and scale the security architecture, engineering practices, and customer deployment posture of our platform as we expand across large enterprise environments. This role will report directly to the CTO & Co-Founder and serve as the senior security leader responsible for ensuring that security is built into the platform, product architecture, and customer deployment model.

Role Overview

As Lead Senior Security Engineer, you will lead the security design, architecture, and implementation for Evolver’s AI platform. You will be responsible for ensuring that the platform, its cloud infrastructure, AI workflows, data pipelines, enterprise integrations, and customer deployments meet the security, privacy, and control expectations of Fortune 1000 organizations.

This is a hands‑on leadership role. You will set security direction, define architecture, guide implementation, support enterprise deployments, and personally implement critical security capabilities. You will work closely with Cloud Engineers, DevOps Engineers, GenAI Engineers, and Forward Deployed Engineers to embed security into every layer of the platform and deployment lifecycle.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical security expertise with the ability to operate directly with engineers and enterprise customers.

This role is hybrid in person in Palo Alto, CA.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead platform security architecture and implementation
  Own the security architecture for Evolver’s AI platform across application security, cloud infrastructure, data protection, identity and access management, tenant isolation, auditability, and secure enterprise integrations.
• Design secure deployment patterns for Fortune 1000 customers
  Define and implement secure customer deployment models hosted on cloud and/or within customer-controlled environments. Design deployment patterns that support SSO, RBAC, API integrations, customer-controlled environments, secure data ingestion from enterprise systems, tenant isolation, customer-specific encryption at rest and in transit, secure key management, private networking, and enterprise‑grade monitoring and auditability.
• Embed security into engineering and operations
  Partner with Cloud Engineers, DevOps Engineers, GenAI Engineers, and Forward Deployed Engineers to integrate security into CI/CD, infrastructure‑as‑code, container deployments, secrets management, vulnerability management, monitoring, incident response, and production operations.
• Secure AI platform capabilities
  Lead security GenAI workflows, including prompt and data isolation, retrieval security, model access controls, secure tool use, adversarial testing, output governance, audit trails, and controls around third‑party model consumption.
• Serve as the senior security counterpart for enterprise customers and compliance
  Lead technical security discussions with Fortune 1000 customers, support procurement and vendor risk reviews, translate customer requirements into platform capabilities, and partner with compliance teams on SOC 2, ISO 27001, SSPA, customer audits, control evidence, and security documentation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in security architecture and engineering
  Experience should include application security, cloud security, platform security, enterprise SaaS security, or security architecture for complex, data‑intensive systems.
  Ideally, some experience securing AI platform capabilities.
• Proven ability to design and implement enterprise‑grade security architecture
  Strong track record securing SaaS platforms, cloud‑native systems, customer‑facing products, or platforms deployed into large enterprise environments.
• Deep hands‑on cloud and infrastructure security expertise
  Strong experience with cloud security architecture, preferably Azure, including IAM, networking, private endpoints, containers, key management, encryption, logging, monitoring, workload identity, and infrastructure security.
• Strong identity, access control, and application security background
  Experience with SSO, SAML, OIDC, RBAC, service identities, least‑privilege access models, secure SDLC, threat modeling, API security, secrets management, vulnerability management, and secure coding practices.
• Experience working directly with enterprise customers and cross‑functional engineering teams
  Ability to lead customer security reviews, procurement assessments, vendor risk discussions, and deployment security planning while partnering effectively with Cloud, DevOps, GenAI, platform, and Forward Deployed Engineering teams.
• Competitive Compensation: Tailored to your experience and skill set.
• Flexible Work Arrangements: Hybrid working model for work‑life balance.
• Career Growth: Opportunities for professional development and leadership roles.
• Innovative Culture: Work on transformative technologies and make an impact in the AI space.
• Comprehensive Benefits: We cover top‑tier medical, dental, and vision insurance plans for employees, ensuring access to high‑quality healthcare and peace of mind. Free lunch in office everyday.

As set forth in Evolver’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.