Remote Staff AI Security Engineer (Enterprise)

Twilio; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Corporate bonus plan

Health care insurance

401(k) retirement account

Paid sick time

Paid personal time off

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Twilio, a remote-first company, seeks a Staff Engineer in Enterprise Security to lead security engineering and shape the AI security posture for enterprise platforms. You’ll architect the foundational guardrails and collaborate across teams to reduce AI-related risks while guiding strategy and engineering execution.

You will mentor engineers, influence security practices, and ensure compliance, data integrity, and scalable defenses as AI ecosystems scale across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in security engineering or infrastructure security.
• 2+ years leading teams in a technical capacity at an enterprise.
• Expertise in cloud security (AWS, GCP) and container security (Kubernetes).
• Proven track record designing and deploying complex security systems at scale.
• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Go, or Java.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure reference architectures for Enterprise AI platforms that secures every Twilion's engagement with them, ensuring data integrity, regulatory compliance, and resilience against evolving AI threats.
• Establish a definitive framework for AI vetting, driving the cultural and policy shifts needed to institutionalize this strategic mindset across the organization.
• Collaborate with cross functional partners to develop and set the long term roadmap for agentic AI identity and posture management, ensuring cohesive strategies for reducing risk from agentic AI use.
• Maintain and improve our enterprise security posture through high-quality code (Python, Go, or similar) and infrastructure management via IAC.
• Act as a technical mentor to junior engineers and a strategic advisor to leadership on the evolving AI landscape.

Skills

Security engineering

Infrastructure security

Cloud security (AWS, GCP)

Kubernetes security

Python/Go/Java

Tools

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Python

Go

Java

Job description

Twilio, a remote-first company, seeks a Staff Engineer in Enterprise Security to lead security engineering and shape the AI security posture for enterprise platforms. You’ll architect the foundational guardrails and collaborate across teams to reduce AI-related risks while guiding strategy and engineering execution.

You will mentor engineers, influence security practices, and ensure compliance, data integrity, and scalable defenses as AI ecosystems scale across the enterprise.