Application Security Engineer (AI)

Location: Palo Alto, CA, United States

Salary: $100,000–$258,000 USD base salary per year

Company

xAI develops AI systems designed to understand the universe and support humanity's pursuit of knowledge.

What you will do

• Conduct code reviews, static analysis, and security testing to identify and mitigate application vulnerabilities.
• Develop secure coding guidelines and integrate security practices into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps workflows.
• Perform threat modeling and risk assessments, define mitigation strategies, and support application security incident response.
• Manage vulnerability tracking and remediation while advising development teams on security improvements.
• Secure software supply chains, including the production and maintenance of Software Bills of Materials.
• Assess security risks in AI and machine learning models, including risks covered by the OWASP LLM Top 10.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of application security experience with a strong focus on code security.
• Strong knowledge of secure coding, application security frameworks, OWASP Top 10, threat modeling, and vulnerability management.
• Proficiency in Python or Rust and experience securing CI/CD pipelines and implementing DevSecOps practices.
• Experience with software supply chain security, SBOM generation, Burp Suite or OWASP ZAP, and static or dynamic code analysis.
• Understanding of AI/ML security implications and the ability to communicate complex security issues to technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice to have

• Experience with GCP, AWS, Azure, GitOps, infrastructure-as-code security, or custom security tooling.
• Security certifications such as CSSLP or OSWE.
• Background in data privacy, compliance, federated learning, or privacy-preserving machine learning.
• Experience securing AI/ML models and data pipelines or contributing to open-source security projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Small, highly motivated organization with a flat structure and a focus on engineering excellence.
• Hands-on environment emphasizing initiative, strong prioritization, communication, and direct contribution.
• Equity and comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan, short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, discounts, and other benefits.