Secure AI Backend Engineer - Python, AWS, LLMs (Onsite)

Pure Storage, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Pure Storage, Inc. is seeking a Security-Focused AI Software Engineer for our Digital Product and AI Platform team in Santa Clara.

You will champion secure-by-design principles, safeguard production backend microservices, and integrate security into the development lifecycle for scalable AI architectures. You will design and deploy backend services in Python on AWS, implement AI guardrails, and drive threat modeling, vulnerability remediation, and data protection across APIs and microservices.

Qualifications

• Proven threat modeling and secure API design experience.
• Knowledge of cryptography fundamentals and data protection Best practices.

Responsibilities

• Drive Application Security & Secure SDLC across engineering teams.
• Architect Secure AI & Microservices using Python on AWS.
• Establish AI guardrails, governance, and automated prompt testing.
• Elevate observability, incident readiness, and security monitoring.

Skills

Python

RESTful microservices

AWS

Containerized apps

Tools

Threat modeling

API security

OWASP

Cryptography basics

Job description

Pure Storage, Inc. is seeking a Security-Focused AI Software Engineer for our Digital Product and AI Platform team in Santa Clara.

You will champion secure-by-design principles, safeguard production backend microservices, and integrate security into the development lifecycle for scalable AI architectures. You will design and deploy backend services in Python on AWS, implement AI guardrails, and drive threat modeling, vulnerability remediation, and data protection across APIs and microservices.