Remote AI Security Engineer — Protect AI in Finance

Alpaca; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Home-office setup grant

Monthly stipend

Job summary

Alpaca is seeking an AI Security Engineer to own the technical security controls for how Alpaca uses AI. The role covers identity for AI agents and automations, security requirements for AI tools and integrations, guardrails, and security logging.

You will also assist in developing AI-powered security tooling and ensure controls stay consistent as AI adoption grows. The Security Team is 100% distributed and remote.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of security engineering, application security, or cloud security roles.
• Hands-on experience securing LLM applications, AI agents, or AI developer tools.
• Understanding of AI-specific risks and secure tool use (OWASP Top 10 for LLM Apps).
• Experience with identity and access controls for services and non-human identities, including secrets management.

Responsibilities

• Define AI agent identity and access controls and enforce least privilege.
• Design guardrails and security logging for AI tools and integrations.
• Develop AI-powered security tooling and assist Security Operations.
• Lead AI-specific incident response and on-call participation.

Skills

Security engineering

Application security

Cloud security

Python

CI/CD security

Incident response

AI security

Non-human identities

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Security

Tools

OAuth

Kubernetes

SIEM

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Job description

Alpaca is seeking an AI Security Engineer to own the technical security controls for how Alpaca uses AI. The role covers identity for AI agents and automations, security requirements for AI tools and integrations, guardrails, and security logging.

You will also assist in developing AI-powered security tooling and ensure controls stay consistent as AI adoption grows. The Security Team is 100% distributed and remote.