Principal Security Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Tue, Jan 13, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
A company is looking for a Principal Security Engineer who will be responsible for identifying and reducing security risks across applications, cloud environments, and AI-enabled systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead application security assessments, including penetration testing, threat modeling, and secure design reviews
- Identify and prioritize complex security vulnerabilities across web applications, APIs, and cloud-native services
- Develop and promote scalable application and AI security standards and best practices
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 7+ years of security engineering experience, with at least 5+ years focused on Application Security or penetration testing
- Demonstrated experience in AI security initiatives, including risk assessment in AI- or LLM-enabled systems
- Deep understanding of common vulnerability classes and secure software development practices
- Hands-on experience securing cloud-native applications, particularly in AWS environments
- Ability to read, write, and review code in at least one modern programming language
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