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Lead Security Architect (Application Security)
Wells FargoAI SecurityLead
AI Security
$119K–$187K / yr
CareersUpdated September 17, 2026
AI Security Jobs
48 open positions across the agentic economy.
01Overview
What is an AI Security engineer?
An AI Security engineer protects AI systems and the companies that build them: application and product security for LLM-powered features, offensive security and red-teaming against prompt injection and tool misuse, detection and incident response when an agent misbehaves in production. The field differs from AI Safety: safety works on model behavior and alignment, security works on threat models, attack surfaces, and controls. Hiring spans frontier labs, AI-native startups hardening agentic products, and enterprise security teams absorbing AI systems. Strong candidates combine classical security engineering with hands-on understanding of how LLM applications actually fail.
As of September 2026, AgenticCareers tracks 48 open AI Security positions across 25 companies. The median advertised salary is $192K–$286K per year (based on 34 listings with disclosed pay). 29% of roles are remote. The most active employers are Vercel, Ramp, Harvey.
Full AI Security salary data02At a glance
Role overview
- Common skills
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- Remote availability
- 29% remote
- Salary range
- $119K – $375K
03Open roles
All AI Security positions
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Senior Security Engineer, Serving Layer and Platform Security, DeepMind
DeepMindAI SecuritySenior
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA · New York, NY, USA. ### Minimum qualifications: * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. * 5 years of experience in security engineering, platform security, infrastructure hardening, network protocols, or systems security architecture. * 5 years of exp
$207K–$300K / yr
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Senior Security Engineer, Serving Layer and Platform Security, DeepMind
DeepMindAI SecuritySenior
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA · New York, NY, USA. ### Minimum qualifications: * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. * 5 years of experience in security engineering, platform security, infrastructure hardening, network protocols, or systems security architecture. * 5 years of exp
$207K–$300K / yr
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Senior Security Engineer, Incident Response
TwilioAI SecuritySenior
AI Security
$142K–$177K / yr
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Staff Enterprise Security Engineer, AI Security
TwilioAI SecurityStaff
AI Security
$156K–$194K / yr
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Staff Security Engineer, Threat Hunting
TwilioAI SecurityStaff
AI Security
$156K–$194K / yr
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Information Security Engineer
Intel CorporationAI SecurityMid
AI Security
$124K–$175K / yr
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Staff Security Software Engineer, Agentic Security Engineering
DatabricksAI SecurityStaff
AI Security
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Senior Offensive Security Engineer (Red Team)
SalesforceAI SecuritySenior
AI Security
$149K–$224K / yr
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Security Operations Engineer
AssemblyAIAI SecurityMid
AI Security
$180K–$220K / yr
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Distinguished Engineer, AI Safety and Security Engineering
NVIDIAAI SecurityMid
AI Security
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Security Research Engineer, AI Safety and Security Engineering
NVIDIAAI SecurityMid
AI Security
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Systems Engineer, Corporate Security
RampAI SecurityMid
AI Security
$144K–$199K / yr
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Product Security Engineer 3
AdobeAI SecurityMid
LLM
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Senior Product Security Engineer
AdobeAI SecuritySenior
AI Security
$181K–$261K / yr
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Staff Security Engineer
LivekitAI SecurityStaff
AI Security
$135K–$300K / yr
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http://livekit.io/
LiveKitAI SecurityMid
AI · ai agent
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Staff Security Software Engineer, IAM
HarveyAI SecurityStaff
AI Security
$231K–$340K / yr
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Sr/Staff Software Engineers, Security Engineer, Data Scientist
Oscilar.comAI SecurityStaff
AI · data science
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Security Engineer
FactoryAI SecurityMid
ai agent
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all roles fully remote, but some US-only as noted.Senior Web Security Engineer, Browser Platform
DuckDuckGoAI SecuritySenior
data science
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Senior Security Engineer (product security)
ZeptoAI SecuritySenior
AI · ai agent
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Product Security Engineer
VercelAI SecurityMid
AI Security
$208K–$312K / yr
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Security Software Engineer, IAM
VercelAI SecurityMid
AI Security
$208K–$312K / yr
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Application Security Engineer II
AbnormalAI SecurityMid
DevOps and Sysadmin · Full-Time
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Staff+ Application Security Engineer
AnthropicAI SecurityStaff
AI Security
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Staff+ Software Engineer, Cybersecurity Products
AnthropicAI SecurityStaff
AI Security
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Senior Product Security Engineer
HarveyAI SecuritySenior
AI Security
$188K–$282K / yr
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Staff Product Security Engineer
HarveyAI SecurityStaff
AI Security
$220K–$330K / yr
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Security Engineer, Cloud
VercelAI SecurityMid
AI Security
$208K–$312K / yr
04Common questions
Frequently asked
What is an AI Security engineer?
An AI Security engineer protects AI systems and the companies that build them: application and product security for LLM-powered features, offensive security and red-teaming against prompt injection and tool misuse, detection and incident response when an agent misbehaves in production. The field differs from AI Safety: safety works on model behavior and alignment, security works on threat models, attack surfaces, and controls. Hiring spans frontier labs, AI-native startups hardening agentic products, and enterprise security teams absorbing AI systems. Strong candidates combine classical security engineering with hands-on understanding of how LLM applications actually fail.
How many AI Security jobs are available?
As of September 2026, AgenticCareers tracks 48 open AI Security positions across 25 companies, updated daily.
What is the average AI Security salary?
The median advertised AI Security salary is $192K–$286K per year, based on 34 listings with disclosed pay.
Are AI Security jobs remote?
29% of the AI Security roles currently tracked on AgenticCareers are remote.
Which companies are hiring AI Security engineers?
The most active employers hiring AI Security engineers right now are Vercel, Ramp, Harvey.
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