Staff Application Security Engineer — AI Guardrails & Cloud

Reltio; United States; Hybrid; USD 114,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Reltio seeks a Staff Application Security Engineer to define and drive security architecture for a cloud-native SaaS platform. You will partner with Engineering, DevOps, Product, and Release teams to embed security from design through delivery.

You will mentor staff, lead threat modeling, and develop novel techniques to protect data and AI-driven features. This role demands hands-on security expertise and strong cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in application security or software development.
• Cloud-native or SaaS security experience.
• Proven leadership without direct authority.
• Strong communication and collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive security architecture and roadmap.
• Mentor security engineers and development teams.
• Embed security in SDLC and shift-left initiatives.
• Design security controls in CI/CD pipelines.
• Lead threat modeling and risk assessments.
• Oversee vulnerability management and remediation.
• Ensure secure API design and implementation.
• Define AI security guardrails and MCP security practices.
• Perform penetration testing and validation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve security posture.

Skills

Application security leadership

Threat modeling

Secure SDLC

CI/CD security

Cloud security

API security

Java/Spring Boot

Kubernetes security

Burp Suite Pro

AI security

Tools

Burp Suite Pro

Jenkins

ArgoCD

Kubernetes

DefectDojo

Wiz

Job description

Reltio seeks a Staff Application Security Engineer to define and drive security architecture for a cloud-native SaaS platform. You will partner with Engineering, DevOps, Product, and Release teams to embed security from design through delivery.

You will mentor staff, lead threat modeling, and develop novel techniques to protect data and AI-driven features. This role demands hands-on security expertise and strong cross-team collaboration.