Staff Product Security AI Engineer

Jobtailor; Illinois; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a Lead AI Security Engineer in Illinois to lead security work securing AI-assisted software development and protect AI-enabled products.

You will translate security requirements into scalable controls, partner with security architecture, engineering, product and platform teams, mentor engineers, and drive complex security initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree OR any equivalent combination of education and experience
• Specialized security expertise
• Advanced analytical skills and sound judgment
• Ability to stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies
• Ability to work across security, engineering, product, and platform teams
• Ability to lead complex security initiatives and projects

Responsibilities

• Lead technical work securing AI-assisted software development
• Protect AI-enabled products and agentic systems
• Apply AI to improve vulnerability detection and remediation
• Partner with Security Architecture, engineering, product, and platform teams
• Translate AI security requirements into scalable controls and enforcement across PayPal products and business units
• Set technical direction and lead delivery across organizational boundaries
• Participate in architecture reviews, control design, and implementation
• Identify and resolve complex security issues and recommend best practices
• Lead complex security initiatives, projects, and programs
• Mentor engineers and influence security processes across teams

Skills

AI Security Expertise

Vulnerability Detection

Complex Security Initiatives

Technical Direction

Mentoring Engineers

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

AI-Assisted Software Development

Security Architecture

Control Design

Implementation

Analytical Skills

Job description

• Lead technical work securing AI-assisted software development
• Protect AI-enabled products and agentic systems
• Apply AI to improve vulnerability detection and remediation
• Partner with Security Architecture, engineering, product, and platform teams
• Translate AI security requirements into scalable controls and enforcement across PayPal products and business units
• Set technical direction and lead delivery across organizational boundaries
• Participate in architecture reviews, control design, and implementation
• Identify and resolve complex security issues and recommend best practices
• Lead complex security initiatives, projects, and programs
• Mentor engineers and influence security processes across teams

Requirements

• 5+ years relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree OR any equivalent combination of education and experience
• Specialized security expertise
• Advanced analytical skills and sound judgment
• Ability to stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies
• Ability to work across security, engineering, product, and platform teams
• Ability to lead complex security initiatives and projects

Core Competencies

Demonstrates specialized security expertise in AI-assisted software development, with a focus on vulnerability detection and remediation. Proven ability to lead complex security initiatives and collaborate across engineering, product, and platform teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• AI Security Expertise
• Vulnerability Detection
• Complex Security Initiatives
• Technical Direction
• Mentoring Engineers

Hard Skills

• AI-Assisted Software Development
• Security Architecture
• Control Design
• Implementation
• Analytical Skills

Soft Skills

• Sound Judgment
• Collaboration

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree

Industry Keywords

• AI-Enabled Products
• Agentic Systems
• Security Processes
• Emerging Technologies