Staff AI Security Engineer (Medtech)

TL;DR

Staff AI Security Engineer (AI/Cybersecurity): Defining and evolving the AI security strategy to protect sensitive mental health data across product and corporate environments with an accent on secure design, threat modeling, and risk mitigation. Focus on building scalable AI security guardrails, leading the AI Red Team, and implementing observability pipelines to detect model abuse.

Location: Hybrid in Seattle, WA (2–3 days per week in office). Candidates must be based in the Seattle metro area or able to relocate independently within 90 days of start date.

Salary: $208,000 - $251,030

Company

A mental health technology company providing clinically validated precision mental healthcare to millions of people globally.

What you will do

• Define and evolve the AI security strategy to protect sensitive mental health data across product and corporate environments.
• Lead secure design and threat modeling for AI systems, including LLMs, agentic workflows, and retrieval pipelines.
• Identify and mitigate risks such as prompt injection, data exfiltration, model abuse, and privilege escalation.
• Build scalable AI security guardrails, tooling, and governance frameworks covering identity and access control.
• Take ownership of and lead the AI Red Team to proactively identify vulnerabilities.
• Design AI observability pipelines and operationalize incident response playbooks for rapid containment.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5+ years focused on security.
• Hands-on experience securing AI/ML systems and conducting AI red teaming against LLMs or RAG systems.
• Experience implementing automated LLM vulnerability testing for prompt injection and data exfiltration.
• Strong foundation in application security, threat modeling, and identity and access control.
• Proven track record of mentoring engineers and influencing senior stakeholders across product, legal, and compliance.
• Must be based in the Seattle metro area or able to relocate independently within 90 days.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits starting on day one, including HSA/FSA plans.
• Employer-sponsored 401(k) match of up to 2%.
• Competitive paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays.
• Generous parental leave (18 weeks for birthing, 16 weeks for non-birthing parents).
• Up to $1,000 annual professional development reimbursement.
• Access to specialized wellness and family support services via One Medical, Noom, Wellhub, and BrightHorizons.