Security Champion: AI Gateway & Threat Modeling

Kong; United States; Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CCNL Commercio contract

Hybrid work Milan Hub

Job summary

Kong Inc., the AI Connectivity Company, is seeking a Security Champion to join the Runtimes team. You will secure the AI Gateway and API Gateway, coaching teams on secure coding and integrating security into day-to-day development.

Role focuses on threat modeling, vulnerability triage, and collaboration with platform engineering to address emerging AI threat patterns. Hybrid work from Milan hub.

Qualifications

• 3+ years building production software, with 2+ years in a dedicated security role (AppSec, vulnerability research, or pentesting)
• Solid coding skills in a object oriented language (Rust, Java, Python, Go, or similar)
• Practical threat‑modeling experience
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity (especially L7 security and authentication)
• Basic knowledge of AI attack vectors

Responsibilities

• Run security-focused code audits, threat modeling, and secure design reviews across our AI Gateway and API Gateway capabilities
• Own vulnerability management end-to-end: triage, reproduction, verification
• Partner with AI Gateway engineering on emerging AI/LLM threat patterns (ie: prompt injection, data leakage, model abuse)
• Coach engineers on secure coding practices, turning security findings into lasting team habits
• Contribute hands‑on to Gateway feature work, with security built-in from day one

Skills

Security

Threat modeling

Secure coding

AI/LLM security

Tools

Nginx

OpenResty

Envoy

Kong

Lua

Job description

Kong Inc., the AI Connectivity Company, is seeking a Security Champion to join the Runtimes team. You will secure the AI Gateway and API Gateway, coaching teams on secure coding and integrating security into day-to-day development.

Role focuses on threat modeling, vulnerability triage, and collaboration with platform engineering to address emerging AI threat patterns. Hybrid work from Milan hub.