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This is an individual contributor role that blends deep application security expertise with strong engineering fundamentals. You'll focus on integrating security into every phase of our software development lifecycle, conducting comprehensive security reviews, and partnering with engineering teams to build defensible architectures.\nYou will own the security architecture and development of secure coding practices while ensuring security is a foundational partner to our engineering stakeholders. You'll coach developers across the engineering organization on application security principles, act as a technical liaison across teams, and contribute directly to keeping our applications and customers secure. This role reports to the Director of Security Engineering.\nWhat you will do\nLead threat modeling and security architecture reviews with engineering teams by translating security risks into concrete development actions, with particular focus on AI-powered features (LLM integrations, agentic workflows, MCP connectors).\nArchitect, build, and maintain security tooling and integrations that make secure development the default in our CI/CD pipelines.\nDesign and deploy automated security testing to identify vulnerabilities early in the development process.\nServe as a hands-on technical contributor during security incidents by analyzing application-level behavior and enhancing response processes.\nCoach developers on secure coding, security architecture, and threat modeling for AI-native systems.\nDefine and track key security posture metrics, building dashboards or reports to visualize security coverage and vulnerability trends.\nMust Haves\n5+ years of experience in application security engineering roles, ideally securing AWS or comparable cloud-native environments with modern development practices.\nExperience securing AI/ML-powered systems, or a clear ability to ramp fast on prompt injection, model supply chain, and agentic-workflow risks.\nStrong programming skills in Python, Go, Java, or JavaScript/TypeScript. You write and read production code, not just review it.\nExpertise in web application security including OWASP Top 10, authentication/authorization, cryptography, and secure API design, including securing modern architectures (microservices, containers, cloud-native).\nHands-on experience threat modeling and running security architecture reviews.\nProven ability to influence and collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, DevOps, and product teams, with strong written communication.\nNice to Have\nExperience working in fast-paced or startup environments, comfortable defining scope in a growing security program.\nHands-on experience with commercial security tools (Veracode, Checkmarx, SonarQube, Wiz, Semgrep, Burp Suite)\nPrior experience building security telemetry pipelines or vulnerability management frameworks.\nExposure to compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001) and how development decisions affect auditability.\nFamiliarity with bug bounty programs and vulnerability disclosure processes.\nActual compensation will be determined based on several non-discriminatory factors including skills, experience, qualifications, and geographic location.\nIn addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.\nBase salary range:\n$130,100—$187,000 USD\nA note on AI in our process: \n Abnormal AI uses AI-assisted tools to help our recruiting team prepare for candidate interviews. These tools analyze resume content and role requirements to suggest interview questions and areas for the interviewer to explore.They do not make hiring decisions or screen candidates automatically. Every decision about a candidacy is made by a person. Further, if your application is successful and Abnormal AI makes a conditional offer of employment, we will carry out pre-employment checks which must be successfully completed to progress to a final offer. All processes and pre-employment checks are in line with prevailing legislation and Abnormal AI's policies relevant to our security and privacy standards.\nAbnormal AI is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. For our EEO policy statement please click here. 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