Staff Security Engineer: AI & Cloud Security Leader

OhioX; United States; Remote; USD 157,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Root is hiring a Staff Security Engineer to drive security strategy across the enterprise. You will bridge business risk with operational execution, defining secure, scalable patterns and embedding security in product development and AI adoption.

You’ll own the security tooling stack, run metrics programs, and mentor engineers, with on-call rotations and a flexible, nationwide remote work model across the US.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in security operations, product, infra and app security.
• Architectural direction with roadmaps and secure reference patterns.
• Integrates security into the development lifecycle with threat modeling and design reviews.
• Deep cloud (AWS) and on-prem security breadth; hands-on proof-of-concepts.
• Runs security metrics programs to drive prioritization and impact.
• Secures AI systems from threat modeling to runtime defense and automation.
• Communicates security needs to non-security stakeholders clearly.

Responsibilities

• Define architectural standards protecting employees, customers and core systems.
• Embed security in the SDLC with threat modeling and guardrails.
• Develop metrics and scorecards to show risk reduction and cost alignment.
• Lead AI security initiatives across architectures and runtime protections.
• Mentor engineers and drive design reviews and pair sessions.
• Own the security tooling stack and cost-efficient controls.
• Participate in on-call rotations for security engineering.

Skills

Security leadership

AWS/cloud security

Threat modeling

Architecture standards

Security metrics

AI security

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Cybersecurity or related field

CISSP certification (plus)

Tools

CI/CD

Job description

Root is hiring a Staff Security Engineer to drive security strategy across the enterprise. You will bridge business risk with operational execution, defining secure, scalable patterns and embedding security in product development and AI adoption.

You’ll own the security tooling stack, run metrics programs, and mentor engineers, with on-call rotations and a flexible, nationwide remote work model across the US.