Security Engineering Lead

Head of AI Safety Engineering

Annual Salary: $250,000 – $400,000 USD

Location: Remote (Asia)

Language Requirements: Fluent in English or Chinese

Employment Type: Full-time or Contract-based

Job Overview

This is a technical leadership role with a dual mission: to reshape security engineering and operations using AI and agents, and to establish security architecture and governance for LLM-based applications and autonomous agents.

I. Reshaping Security Engineering and Operations with AI

Leverage AI and agent technologies to transform traditional security capabilities, covering the following areas:

Threat Detection & Hunting

Incident Response

Vulnerability Management

Application Security

II. Establishing Security Architecture and Governance for LLMs and Agents

Design security mechanisms for agent identity, tool execution, permissions, and credentials.

Defend against prompt injection, data exfiltration, unauthorized tool invocation, and AI supply chain attacks.

Integrate AI security testing into CI/CD pipelines and production environments.

Build AI red teaming and automated adversarial evaluation capabilities.

Design fail-safe, auditing, and recovery mechanisms for AI-driven security workflows.

Requirements

Mandatory

8+ years of experience in security or software engineering.

Proven, hands-on experience in deploying AI/LLM agents into production environments.

Proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages: Python, Go, Java, or Rust.

Familiarity with Kubernetes, cloud-native architecture, and observability.

Preferred Qualifications

Practical experience with OWASP LLM Top 10, MITRE ATLAS, or the NIST AI RMF.

Background in cryptocurrency exchanges or financial infrastructure.