Principal Security Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Principal Security Engineer (AI): Defining and leading the technical security strategy for an enterprise-grade conversational AI platform with an accent on secure architecture, threat modeling, and cloud-native infrastructure. Focus on embedding security-by-design into LLM-based pipelines and ensuring compliance for sensitive enterprise data at scale.

Location: Berlin Office

Company

hirify.global is a fast-growing AI company building agentic AI for enterprise customer experience, backed by major global investors.

What you will do

• Own the technical security engineering strategy across platform, infrastructure, and AI/ML systems.
• Lead deep threat modeling and architecture reviews for LLM-based and voice/chat AI pipelines.
• Drive secure-by-design practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Design and improve detection, monitoring, and incident response capabilities.
• Guide security architecture for multi-tenant, sensitive data flows.
• Mentor senior engineers and act as a technical authority for enterprise customers.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in security engineering with impact at Staff or Principal level.
• Deep expertise in application and cloud security, threat modeling, and secure architecture.
• Hands-on experience with cloud security (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of IAM, encryption, and secure data handling at enterprise scale.
• Experience securing systems handling sensitive data with exposure to GDPR or similar frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills to explain security risks to leadership and customers.

Nice to have

• Genuine curiosity about AI systems and emerging security challenges.
• Experience with SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a high-intensity, fast-execution environment.
• Opportunity to shape the security of a category-leading enterprise AI platform.
• Collaborative culture focused on ownership and accountability.
• Commitment to high data protection standards and compliance.

Hiring process

• Recruiter Interview
• Technical Peer Interview
• Expert interview(s)
• Bar Raiser