Remote Principal AI Security Engineer - Offensive Automation

HealthEquity; United States; Remote; USD 133,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

HSA contribution and match

Dependent care FSA match

Uncapped paid time off

Paid parental leave

401(k) match

Education & tuition assistance

Gym reimbursement

Wellness program incentives

Job summary

HealthEquity is seeking a Principal Security Engineer, AI Offensive Security, to build and operate agentic systems for vulnerability discovery and remediation across web apps and cloud environments. This remote role emphasizes AI-enabled automation and offensive security expertise.

You will implement agentic workflows, integrate security tooling with CI/CD, and validate findings while coordinating with security teams.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building/operating production software, automation platforms, or security tooling.
• Experience developing or extending AI-enabled workflows, agentic systems, or LLM-powered automation solutions.
• Familiarity with agent frameworks, orchestration patterns, structured context, tool integration, and evaluation approaches.
• Ability to document technical processes and automate repetitive workflows through software and AI-enabled solutions.
• Proficiency in developing software and integrations using APIs, cloud services, automation frameworks, and data pipelines.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools and LLM technologies to accelerate engineering and automation outcomes.
• Understanding of production AI systems' strengths, limitations, and operational considerations.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain offensive security agents that automate reconnaissance, enumeration, vulnerability validation, and other security testing activities across web and cloud environments.
• Develop agentic workflows that support attack surface management and vulnerability management programs.
• Implement automation combining deterministic components (APIs, infrastructure-as-code, data pipelines) with non-deterministic, LLM-driven steps.
• Build integrations between security tooling, ticketing platforms, asset inventories, CI/CD pipelines, and threat intelligence sources.
• Apply architectural patterns, governance, and human-in-the-loop controls when developing AI-enabled security capabilities.
• Validate findings from automated systems, reproduce vulnerabilities, and assist with risk assessment and prioritization.
• Develop monitoring, testing, and evaluation capabilities to improve agentic systems' reliability and effectiveness.
• Support penetration testing and purple-team activities focused on validating vulnerabilities, controls, and remediation efforts.
• Partner with Cyber Threat Intelligence, Security Engineering, and Vulnerability Management teams to improve detection and response capabilities.

Skills

Security tooling

AI workflows

Agent frameworks

Cloud services

LLM automation

APIs integrations

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or security

Master's degree preferred

Job description

HealthEquity is seeking a Principal Security Engineer, AI Offensive Security, to build and operate agentic systems for vulnerability discovery and remediation across web apps and cloud environments. This remote role emphasizes AI-enabled automation and offensive security expertise.

You will implement agentic workflows, integrate security tooling with CI/CD, and validate findings while coordinating with security teams.