Senior AI-Driven Application Security Engineer

Michael Silver & Company; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

KSM is seeking a Senior Application & AI Security Engineer to strengthen security across internally developed applications, APIs, and AI-enabled solutions. You will collaborate with software teams to identify vulnerabilities, prioritize fixes, and validate remediation while embedding security into development workflows.

In this hands-on role you’ll work on authentication, authorization, data protection, and risks from LLMs and AI agents, ensuring secure design, testing, and deployment across

Qualifications

• 6+ years in software development or application security engineering.
• Strong knowledge of web app and API security (authn/authz, session mgmt, access control).
• Experience identifying and remediating vulnerabilities in production apps.
• Ability to review source code with developers.

Responsibilities

• Assess applications/APIs for vulnerabilities and exposures.
• Perform security testing, code reviews, and architecture assessments.
• Design fixes with developers and validate vulnerability remediation.
• Integrate security into SDLC and CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop secure coding guidance and patterns for AI-enabled development.

Skills

Application security

REST APIs security

CI/CD security integration

Code review

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

SAST tools

DAST tools

Secrets scanning

Job description

KSM is seeking a Senior Application & AI Security Engineer to strengthen security across internally developed applications, APIs, and AI-enabled solutions. You will collaborate with software teams to identify vulnerabilities, prioritize fixes, and validate remediation while embedding security into development workflows.

In this hands-on role you’ll work on authentication, authorization, data protection, and risks from LLMs and AI agents, ensuring secure design, testing, and deployment across