AI Application Security Engineer at softwareestrategico

Setup: Remote
Type: Full-time
Level: not_specified
Posted: Jul 14, 2026

Description

The AI Application Security Engineer will lead the security execution of an autonomous AI agent platform, focusing on AI-specific risks like prompt injection, tool misuse, secrets management, authorization, and auditability. The role involves working with various teams to identify vulnerabilities, perform threat modeling, define security controls, and ensure readiness for security reviews.

Required Skills

Application Security
Secure SDLC
threat modeling
security reviews
authentication
authorization
secrets management
prompt injection
tool misuse
jailbreak techniques
audit logging
security controls
compliance requirements

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 5+ years of experience in Application Security, Product Security, or Secure Software Development Lifecycle (Secure SDLC)
Hands-on experience performing threat modeling and security reviews for modern applications.
Strong understanding of application security principles, authentication, authorization, and secrets management.
Experience identifying and mitigating security risks in AI applications, LLMs, or autonomous agent systems.
Familiarity with prompt injection, indirect prompt injection, tool misuse, jailbreak techniques, and AI-specific attack vectors.
Experience reviewing audit logging, security controls, and compliance requirements.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an adversarial security mindset.
Experience collaborating with engineering teams throughout the software development lifecycle.