Senior AI Defense Engineer: Securing AI in Legal Tech

WilmerHale; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

WilmerHale seeks a Senior AI Defense Engineer to lead security direction for AI/ML systems in a global law firm setting. You will translate AI threats into defenses, develop guardrails, and drive policy enforcement, monitoring, and secure-by-default practices across engineering teams.

Responsibilities include threat modeling, risk assessments, and evaluating commercial AI security solutions to meet legal-sector requirements such as confidentiality and data residency.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and reviewing security controls for AI/ML systems and services.
• Ability to translate emerging AI threats into practical defenses, guardrails and policy layers.
• Proven ability to mentor teams and influence security direction in large, complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead threat modeling for AI/ML systems and identify AI-specific attack vectors.
• Evaluate and operationalize security controls, guardrails, and enforcement mechanisms for AI services.

Skills

Threat modeling

AI/ML security

Risk assessment

Security controls

Adversarial testing

Telemetry & monitoring

Job description

WilmerHale seeks a Senior AI Defense Engineer to lead security direction for AI/ML systems in a global law firm setting. You will translate AI threats into defenses, develop guardrails, and drive policy enforcement, monitoring, and secure-by-default practices across engineering teams.

Responsibilities include threat modeling, risk assessments, and evaluating commercial AI security solutions to meet legal-sector requirements such as confidentiality and data residency.