Senior Agentic AI Security Engineer — Build Autonomous Defense

BioSpace; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Health benefits

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie is building a team that develops AI agents to solve hard security problems. This senior IC role involves architecting, building, and shipping agentic AI systems that operate autonomously within security environments, while setting technical direction and standards for production-grade implementation.

You will write code, ship systems, and handle challenging problems with no playbook, defining approach, proving concepts, hardening for production, and drafting guidance for others.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD with substantial security experience.
• Hands-on depth in cybersecurity/security research.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build AI agent systems for security operations—autonomous detection, investigation, response, threat hunting, vulnerability analysis, and risk assessment.
• Develop frameworks, tooling, and patterns for secure agentic AI systems and use them.

Skills

Python

AI agents

Agentic coding tools

Security engineering

Security research

Technical standards/frameworks

Communication

Cloud security

Offensive security

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

PhD

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

AbbVie is building a team that develops AI agents to solve hard security problems. This senior IC role involves architecting, building, and shipping agentic AI systems that operate autonomously within security environments, while setting technical direction and standards for production-grade implementation.

You will write code, ship systems, and handle challenging problems with no playbook, defining approach, proving concepts, hardening for production, and drafting guidance for others.