# Principal AI Security Engineer

Lead the technical direction for securing AI applications, autonomous agents, and AI-enabled engineering workflows at Zip. Architect and build scalable security controls for LLM applications, RAG systems, and agentic AI platforms. Develop AI security testing, automation, and secure-by-default engineering practices to enable safe innovation at scale. Remote-first opportunity for US-based employees, with the option to work in person from our Manhattan office. Start your adventure with Zip Join Zip's Security team and help shape how we securely build and operate AI-powered systems. AI is transforming how we develop software, operate our platforms, and deliver products. As our Principal AI Security Engineer, you'll lead the technical direction for securing AI applications, autonomous agents, and AI-enabled engineering workflows. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who has built and secured AI solutions in production. You'll work directly with engineering, platform, and security teams to design and implement scalable security controls that enable innovation without introducing unnecessary risk. We're looking for a builder who can establish architectural direction, write

- **Id**: 3886205
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/zip-co-principal-ai-security-engineer>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T18:39:19Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T21:39:53Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 9752
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Equity, Flexible schedule, Parental leave, Unlimited PTO
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Buy Now, Pay Later

## Company

- **Id**: 685645
- **Name**: Zip Co
- **Domain**: zipcolimited.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/zipcolimited>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 94
- **Open postings**: 4
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.25
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 56
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 203000
- **Max**: 254000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 254000

## Technologies

- **Agentic Workflows** — Optional: no
- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **GCP** — Optional: no
- **IAM** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **LangChain** — Optional: no
- **LangGraph** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **LLM Guardrails** — Optional: no
- **Model Context Protocol** — Optional: no
- **NIST AI RMF** — Optional: no
- **OpenAI** — Optional: no
- **OWASP Top 10** — Optional: no
- **Platform Engineering** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **RAG** — Optional: no
- **Red Teaming** — Optional: no
- **Semantic Kernel** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no
- **Threat Modeling** — Optional: no
- **Vertex AI** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T19:42:33Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 56
- **Reasons**: conf:0, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 254000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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