Principal Engineer – AI Security

About This Opportunity

Our talent team is representing a confidential financial services organization seeking a Principal Engineer to lead their AI Security initiative. This is a strategic role at the intersection of cyber defense, artificial intelligence, and enterprise architecture. You will be responsible for defining and executing the enterprise strategy to defend against emerging AI-powered threats, including automated vulnerability discovery, exploitation, and adversarial AI attack campaigns.

This position requires deep technical expertise in security engineering combined with the ability to influence security strategy at the executive level. You will translate rapidly evolving external threats into practical, scalable protections across the organization while mentoring teams and driving innovation in AI security practices.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead enterprise strategy for defending against AI-enabled threats, including automated vulnerability discovery, exploitation, and adversarial AI techniques
• Establish architecture for detection, prevention, and response capabilities specific to generative AI threat patterns
• Define and implement security patterns and guardrails to enable safe enterprise consumption of AI technologies
• Lead development of detection and response mechanisms for AI-driven attacks across enterprise environments
• Design and implement telemetry strategies to identify anomalous behavior indicative of AI-enabled threats
• Partner with Cyber Defense, IAM, and Application Security teams to integrate AI threat protections across the security ecosystem
• Build threat models focused on generative AI attack patterns and emerging adversarial techniques
• Lead research initiatives on emerging AI threat capabilities and evolving attack methodologies
• Influence senior leadership on AI risk posture, threat landscape evolution, and required investments in defensive capabilities
• Mentor engineers and elevate AI security capabilities across teams through training, workshops, and knowledge-sharing
• Evaluate AI security tools, detection platforms, and emerging defensive technologies
• Establish and promote engineering standards for AI security, including secure AI usage patterns and detection frameworks
• Provide technical leadership in identifying and responding to AI-driven security incidents

What We're Looking For

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related technical field, or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of experience in security engineering or related field
• Proven experience defining and executing enterprise security strategy
• Deep knowledge of modern threats, attack techniques, and detection engineering
• Experience with threat modeling, incident response, and security operations
• Demonstrated ability to influence both technical and executive stakeholders

Preferred:

• Experience working with AI/ML systems and their security implications
• Knowledge of adversarial AI techniques and AI threat modeling
• Experience with XDR, SIEM, and detection engineering practices
• Familiarity with AI security frameworks such as OWASP LLM Top 10 and MITRE ATLAS
• Financial services industry experience

How We Work With You

When you apply through Get A Job.ai, here's what happens next:

• A recruiter from our team will review your application and conduct an initial screening
• If there's a strong match, we'll submit your profile to our client for consideration
• We'll guide you through each stage of the interview process and provide feedback
• Please do not contact the client directly—all communication should flow through Get A Job.ai to ensure the best experience for everyone

This is a full-time, remote position based in the United States.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process with our recruiting team.

Equal Employment Opportunity: Get A Job.ai is committed to inclusive hiring practices. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and work with our clients to ensure fair and equitable consideration for all qualified applicants.