Security & Trust Engineer — AI Governance for Enterprise

alexai; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

FSA / DCFSA / HSA options

Flexible PTO

401(k) plan

Parental leave

Commuter benefits

In-office lunch

Dog-friendly office

Job summary

Alex is hiring its first dedicated Security & Trust Engineer to own information security, compliance, and AI governance at Alex. You will own controls, audits, and processes, and lead customer conversations where a security team decides trust.

The role reports to the CTO and collaborates with Engineering, Sales, and Operations. This office-based role is in San Francisco, five days a week, with benefits including medical insurance, 401(k), and parental leave.

Responsibilities

• Own the customer security review, end to end: infosec questionnaires, SIGs, CAIQs, vendor risk assessments, DPAs, security addenda and turn them around fast.
• Automate the process: build the answer library, evidence repository, and tooling — including AI tooling — to shorten questionnaire turnaround.
• Become our expert on AI risk and regulation: track EU AI Act, GDPR, regional laws and translate into our actions.
• Represent Alex externally: lead security reviews with enterprise prospects, build a trust center and AI governance docs.
• Run compliance and audit: own SOC 2 and roadmap ISO standards, manage auditors and remediation.
• Shift left with Product and Engineering: address security questions at design time.

Job description

Alex is hiring its first dedicated Security & Trust Engineer to own information security, compliance, and AI governance at Alex. You will own controls, audits, and processes, and lead customer conversations where a security team decides trust.

The role reports to the CTO and collaborates with Engineering, Sales, and Operations. This office-based role is in San Francisco, five days a week, with benefits including medical insurance, 401(k), and parental leave.