Security Engineering Lead – AI, Cloud & Data

Speedrun Talent Network; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 232,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Formation Bio is seeking a security engineering leader to own and run our data, cloud, and application security program. You will lead incident response, work closely with the CTO and Director of Technical Operations, and guide a small security engineering team.

The role emphasizes hands-on work across AI systems and regulated data, with an engineering-first security approach. The team uses AI tools daily, supports critical clinical data, and operates in a hybrid model with on-call

Qualifications

• 5+ years in security engineering or security operations with hands-on data, cloud, and application security.
• Led incident response to resolution and independent severity calls under pressure.
• Reads and writes code and collaborates with engineers on secure design and pipelines.
• Uses AI tools daily and understands securing AI-enabled systems.
• Hands-on with security tooling including SIEM, EDR, and automation.
• Owned security tooling, budget, and vendor relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead incident response end to end from triage to closure; participate in on-call rotation.
• Review data, cloud (AWS/GCP), app, and corporate security with engineering teams and push fixes.
• Own data security for regulated clinical and patient data and AI data usage.
• Secure AI platform and agentic workflows; manage identities, credentials, and permissions.
• Set guardrails for citizen-built apps to balance speed and risk.
• Operate and tune SIEM, EDR, and vulnerability management; maintain reliable alerting.

Skills

Security engineering

Incident response

Secure coding

AI in security

Security automation

Budget & vendor mgmt

Leadership / people mgmt

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Vulnerability management

Job description

Formation Bio is seeking a security engineering leader to own and run our data, cloud, and application security program. You will lead incident response, work closely with the CTO and Director of Technical Operations, and guide a small security engineering team.

The role emphasizes hands-on work across AI systems and regulated data, with an engineering-first security approach. The team uses AI tools daily, supports critical clinical data, and operates in a hybrid model with on-call