Ai Security Engineer (Cybersecurity)

TL;DR

AI Security Engineer (Cybersecurity): Securing organizational data and infrastructure against risks arising from the internal and external use of AI. Focus on developing and maintaining controls and guardrails that enable innovation while ensuring compliance and data protection.

Location: Remote

Salary: $120,000 - $140,000

Company

hirify.global is building innovative technology that transforms the way businesses and their customers experience payments.

What you will do

• Develop and implement AI governance and security controls to prevent sensitive data exposure through internal AI tooling.
• Establish policies, guardrails, and data classification enforcement for prompt inputs and outputs across all AI-enabled workflows.
• Monitor and assess AI tool usage across departments to identify policy violations, data leakage risks or unapproved AI integrations.
• Ensure compliance with SOC2, NIST CSF, PCI-DSS, and data privacy regulations in the context of AI data processing.
• Develop and maintain a secure AI development environment for internal data science and ML projects.
• Identify and mitigate AI-driven external threats, including model-based phishing, deepfake, data poisoning and automated attack tooling.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in information security or application security, with 1–2 years in AI/ML or data security domains.
• Strong understanding of data governance, DLP and security controls for SaaS and cloud environments (AWS preferred).
• Familiarity with AI model architectures, data pipelines and risks such as prompt injection, data leakage and model exploitation.
• Experience implementing security frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2, or PCI DSS).
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to communicate complex security concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience with AI/ML tooling security (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI or Google Vertex AI).
• Knowledge of secure model development lifecycle (SDLC for AI) and MLOps practices.
• Demonstrated experience building or integrating AI governance and monitoring systems.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, CCSK, or AI-specific credentials such as ISACA AAISM or CAISP).

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits with growth-company options grant
• Fast- paced and professional work culture
• Stock options with standard startup vesting - 1 year cliff; 4 years total
• $50 monthly communication expense stipend to go towards your phone/internet bill
• Premium medical benefits including vision and dental (100% coverage for employees)
• Flexible Time Off (our team members typically take off ~3-4 weeks per year)