Principal Security Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Principal Security Engineer (AI/Cloud): Shaping security for applications, cloud environments, and AI-enabled systems with an accent on reducing security risk and improving secure-by-default engineering practices. Focus on establishing AI security guardrails, mitigating LLM-specific risks, and conducting advanced threat modeling for AWS-based infrastructure.

Location: Must be based in one of the 50 United States

Salary: $160,200 - $269,400 per year + equity

Company

hirify.global is the most-visited real estate platform in the U.S., helping customers navigate buying, selling, financing, and renting homes.

What you will do

• Lead security assessments, including threat modeling, secure design reviews, and penetration testing for high-impact services.
• Secure AWS-based environments, with additional oversight of GCP and Azure identity, networking, and data protection.
• Establish security guardrails and design patterns for AI-enabled features to mitigate prompt-based attacks and model abuse.
• Develop and promote scalable application and AI security standards across engineering teams.
• Optimize security tooling through configuration and integration in partnership with platform teams.
• Mentor engineers to raise the technical bar and embed security into the software development lifecycle.

Requirements

• 7+ years of security engineering experience with a focus on application security.
• Proven experience driving AI/LLM security initiatives and mitigating associated risks.
• Hands-on experience securing cloud-native environments, specifically AWS.
• Strong understanding of common vulnerability classes and secure software development practices.
• Ability to read, write, and review code in at least one modern programming language.
• Must be based in the USA.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first work arrangement within the United States.
• Competitive base salary and eligibility for equity awards.
• Inclusive and engaging culture recognized as a Fortune 100 Best Company to Work For.
• Opportunity to work on a platform reshaping the real estate industry.