Security Engineering Leader — AI Guardrails & Crypto

Hidden Road; New York (NY); On-site; USD 292,000 - 365,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Comprehensive healthcare benefits

Flexible in-office days

Wellness programs

Parental leave

Team offsites & events

Job summary

Ripple seeks a Senior Director of Security Engineering to build and lead a paranoid, high-performing team securing Ripple's products, infrastructure, and corporate IT. You will shape security strategy, define AI agent guardrails, and ensure secure AI-assisted development across the stack.

This hands-on leadership role requires deep technical expertise, collaboration with executives, and a focus on embedding security throughout development and operations.

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership experience in security engineering.
• Strong AI security knowledge and guardrails.
• Proficient in security architecture across cloud platforms.
• Ability to communicate risks to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Set vision and roadmap for Security Engineering with emphasis on AI security.
• Define guardrails for AI agents and development workflows.
• Lead and mentor security engineers to high performance.
• Oversee vulnerability management and remediation coordination.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and IT leadership on security priorities.

Skills

Security leadership

AI security expertise

Security architecture

Risk assessment

Cloud security

Threat modeling

Security governance

Communication skills

Team building

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Ripple seeks a Senior Director of Security Engineering to build and lead a paranoid, high-performing team securing Ripple's products, infrastructure, and corporate IT. You will shape security strategy, define AI agent guardrails, and ensure secure AI-assisted development across the stack.

This hands-on leadership role requires deep technical expertise, collaboration with executives, and a focus on embedding security throughout development and operations.