Senior Security Engineer, AI & Healthcare

Location: Palo Alto, CA, United States; hybrid

Salary: $200,000–$225,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global builds generative AI infrastructure for healthcare, including AI governance guardrails, healthcare-specific agent creation, and real-time algorithm monitoring.

What you will do

• Lead threat modeling, secure design, and security code reviews for platform and AI features.
• Partner with Engineering and DevOps on cloud, identity, secrets, and service-to-service architecture standards.
• Assess AI and vendor integrations, including data flows, retention, and PHI handling, before implementation and production use.
• Build security guardrails into CI/CD and support HIPAA Security Rule technical safeguards.
• Review planned Engineering and Product releases for vulnerabilities, remediate findings, and escalate critical issues.
• Identify security engineering gaps, develop solutions for areas such as audit logging and response, and answer deep technical security questions from customers.

Requirements

• Deep application and cloud security engineering experience with Azure and Google Cloud (GCP).
• Enough Azure Databricks familiarity to understand its components and secure them.
• At least 3 years of healthcare experience.
• Identity and access management (IAM) experience.
• Hands-on security experience with AI and ML systems, including assessing threats and vulnerabilities in AI tools and workloads.
• Ability to write and debug Python code and automation, and use AI tools such as Claude to accelerate security work.
• Ability to influence engineers and clearly explain security findings and recommendations.
• A degree is not required; relevant experience with or without certifications is accepted.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
• Healthcare experience securing software and platforms, with an understanding of HIPAA nuances.
• Experience with Claude or similar LLM tools.
• Security certifications such as CISSP or an engineering-focused equivalent.
• Experience with GitHub-based development workflows and CI/CD security.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-growing, mission-driven company building a category-defining healthcare product.
• Hybrid work options and flexible working hours.
• Competitive salary with equity packages.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Inclusive environment focused on creativity, innovation, and diversity.

Hiring process

• Submit a resume through the application below.