AI Security Engineer

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Join the yellow team as our new AI Security Engineer

Role:
We are looking for an experienced AI Security Engineer to join a strategic AI transformation initiative within a global organization.
In this role, you will work closely with AI, engineering, platform, and security teams to ensure that AI solutions, agent-based systems, and platform components are designed, developed, and operated securely by design.
You will act as a key security partner across AI delivery teams, helping establish security controls, governance, risk mitigation strategies, and operational security practices for modern AI environments.

Responsibilities:

• Embed security-by-design principles across AI solutions, agentic systems, and platform integrations;
• Define and implement security controls related to access management, secrets handling, monitoring, logging, sandboxing, and external integrations;
• Translate security policies, architecture standards, and compliance requirements into practical technical controls and implementation patterns;
• Perform threat modeling, security reviews, and risk assessments for AI-driven solutions;
• Identify and mitigate AI-specific security risks, including prompt injection, data leakage, excessive permissions, insecure tool usage, and model supply-chain threats;
• Support the secure evaluation and integration of third-party AI platforms, models, APIs, and orchestration frameworks;
• Collaborate with security operations teams to improve AI-related incident detection, response capabilities, and security monitoring;
• Contribute to the development of reusable security frameworks, best practices, and governance models for AI initiatives;
• Work closely with stakeholders across engineering, security, compliance, and data protection functions.

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in Cybersecurity, Information Security, or related security engineering roles;
• Strong experience with Cloud Security, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Application Security, and Secure SDLC practices;
• Hands-on experience with threat modeling, security architecture reviews, and risk assessment methodologies;
• Solid understanding of AI and LLM security concepts, including:
  • Prompt Injection
  • Data Leakage
  • Agent Identity & Permissions
  • Tool-Use Risks
  • Model Supply Chain Security
• Familiarity with security frameworks and standards such as:
  • OWASP LLM Top 10
  • MITRE ATLAS
  • NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF)
• Experience working in complex enterprise environments with multiple stakeholders;
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills;
• Fluent English (written and spoken).

Nice to Have:

• Hands-on experience with AI and LLM platforms such as Azure AI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Vertex AI, or LangChain;
  Experience with MLOps and AI platform security;
• Previous experience in multinational or multi-country organizations;
• Experience participating in AI Red Teaming exercises;
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, or equivalent;
• Additional European language skills.

Important Information:

• Hybrid work model;
• International environment;
• Candidates must be eligible to work within the European Union;
• Fluent English is mandatory.

Apply for this opportunity in our [website](https://www.yellowipe.io/pt/jobs/Senior Distributed Systems & SRE Lead?utm_source=itjobs)! =)