Senior Security Engineer: AI-Driven Defense & Response

VTS; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Equity

Flexible PTO

Job summary

VTS is seeking a Senior Engineer in New York, NY to strengthen security across applications, cloud infrastructure, and platform. You will define how we detect and close exposures before exploitation, owning detection, investigation, and response capabilities across global platforms.

You should read code, understand multiple systems languages, and lead vulnerability management and threat modeling. Four days in the office weekly are required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Security Engineering, AppSec, Vulnerability Research, or Incident Response.
• Senior-level track record driving cross-team initiatives.
• Proficient reading of C, C++, Rust, Go, or ASM.
• Familiar with SOC 2/ISO 27001 compliance.
• Strong problem-solving and incident response mindset.

Responsibilities

• Own security incidents end-to-end from detection to remediation.
• Lead vulnerability management and threat modeling.
• Define secure design practices and CI/CD tooling.
• Mentor engineers on secure coding and threat modeling.
• Develop AI-native defense capabilities.

Skills

Security engineering

AI/ML defense

Vulnerability management

Secure coding review

Tools

Vault

AWS KMS/Secrets Manager

CI/CD tooling

SAST/DAST tooling

Job description

VTS is seeking a Senior Engineer in New York, NY to strengthen security across applications, cloud infrastructure, and platform. You will define how we detect and close exposures before exploitation, owning detection, investigation, and response capabilities across global platforms.

You should read code, understand multiple systems languages, and lead vulnerability management and threat modeling. Four days in the office weekly are required.