Senior AI Security Engineer - Product & Platform

PayPal Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 179,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

PayPal is seeking an Senior Staff Product Security Engineer, AI Security to lead security engineering across securing AI-assisted software development, protecting AI-enabled products, and applying AI to improve vulnerability detection. You will partner with Security Architecture, engineering, product, and platform teams to translate AI security requirements into scalable controls and testing.

You will mentor engineers, drive technical strategy for AI security across cloud environments, CI/CD,

Qualifications

• 8+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Hands-on familiarity with application security tools (SAST, DAST, SCA, WAF, Burp Suite)
• Strong programming experience in at least one language (Ruby, Java, Python, JavaScript, or Swift)
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Terraform, and version control systems such as Git
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud vendor (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Strong understanding of authentication and authorization protocols (OAuth 2.0, SAML)
• Deep knowledge of application security vulnerabilities, secure software development practices, and technical controls to identify, prevent, and remediate software risk
• Hands-on experience securing AI systems
• Strong software-engineering experience building and operating production security tooling, automation, platform services, or developer-facing capabilities
• Track record of partnering with developers to implement robust security controls
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and executive audiences
• Experience designing and operating security controls across cloud environments, CI/CD systems, and diverse application and infrastructure stacks
• Experience mentoring and developing engineers

Responsibilities

• Reviewing an AI architecture, threat model, or agent workflow and identifying material security risks.
• Designing, prototyping, or integrating an AI security control into a product, shared platform, or engineering workflow.
• Evaluating results from AI security scanners, adversarial tests, and runtime monitoring to determine required engineering action.
• Partnering with developers and platform teams to resolve complex design or implementation issues.
• Analyzing control coverage, effectiveness, adoption, and incident findings to determine program priorities.
• Mentoring engineers and leading technical decisions that span multiple teams or business units.

Skills

SAST/DAST/SCA

Programming languages

Cloud platforms

OAuth 2.0 / SAML

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Git

Burp Suite

WAF

Job description

PayPal is seeking an Senior Staff Product Security Engineer, AI Security to lead security engineering across securing AI-assisted software development, protecting AI-enabled products, and applying AI to improve vulnerability detection. You will partner with Security Architecture, engineering, product, and platform teams to translate AI security requirements into scalable controls and testing.

You will mentor engineers, drive technical strategy for AI security across cloud environments, CI/CD,