AI Security Specialist

Location: Worldwide; remote or hybrid from company offices

Company

hirify.global, formerly Different Technologies, is a fintech company adopting AI across product features, developer workflows, and internal operations.

What you will do

• Own the AI Security program and maintain standards for AI development tools, LLM-powered features, and AI data handling.
• Threat-model and review customer-facing AI features, implementing defenses against prompt injection, prompt leakage, unsafe outputs, abuse, and authorization bypass.
• Secure internal LLM applications, RAG systems, agents, and developer tooling through access controls, data-scope policies, audit logging, and human-in-the-loop checkpoints.
• Evaluate AI vendors and model providers, including data residency, retention, DPAs, model provenance, and supply-chain risks.
• Partner with SOC, product, infrastructure, and ML teams on AI-related detection, incident response, remediation, and risk tracking.
• Educate engineering and product teams on AI security and translate OWASP LLM Top 10, MITRE ATLAS, and emerging research into practical guidance.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in DevSecOps, cloud or infrastructure security, or application security, including demonstrable hands-on AI security work.
• Working knowledge of LLM application security, including prompt injection, jailbreaks, output handling, context-based data leakage, abuse, and content safety.
• Hands-on experience with LLM APIs, agent or orchestration frameworks, tool use, RAG, and agent-permission models.
• Experience designing or evaluating AI guardrails and threat-modeling AI systems.
• Strong Python scripting skills for proofs of concept, integrations, and guardrails.
• Working knowledge of AWS security, Kubernetes security, CI/CD, container security, Terraform, OWASP Top 10, and secure coding.

Nice to have

• AI red-teaming, LLM security tooling, or AI governance framework experience.
• Fintech compliance knowledge, including PCI DSS, GDPR, or SOC 2.
• Public AI security research, CTFs, open-source contributions, talks, or technical writing.
• Service mesh experience with Istio or relevant security certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote or office-based work with relocation support to hubs in Cyprus, Spain, Serbia, or Kazakhstan for employees and their families.
• Healthcare coverage, paid sick leave, and 20 days of annual vacation.
• Education budget for language lessons, professional training, and certifications.
• Wellness budget covering mental health and fitness activities.
• Collaborative environment focused on innovation, transparent feedback, and challenging established approaches in finance.