Senior AI Security Engineer
- London, United Kingdom
Posted 6 days ago
About the role
Salary: Up to £120,000 + Bonus & Excellent Benefits
The Opportunity
We are seeking a Senior AI Security Engineer to join a leading global financial institution, working on the development and security of the organisation's next-generation Generative AI and LLM-based applications .
This is a specialist engineering role focused on designing, developing and enhancing a GenAI prompt security platform , helping protect enterprise AI applications from prompt injection, adversarial attacks and emerging AI security threats .
You will work closely with Engineering, Cyber Security and Operations teams across the organisation to build secure, scalable solutions and automated security testing capabilities for a range of LLM use cases.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, optimise and enhance a GenAI prompt security platform .
- Build and automate security testing frameworks to validate protection mechanisms across different LLM use cases.
- Develop security controls and solutions to protect against prompt injection and adversarial attacks .
- Design and implement secure APIs and reusable security libraries .
- Contribute to the architecture and design of enterprise AI security solutions.
- Ensure solutions are designed to operate reliably and securely at enterprise scale .
- Contribute to system architecture, design patterns, scalability and reliability.
- Work closely with Engineering, Cyber Security and Operations stakeholders across global teams.
- Support the development of AI security standards and best practices across the organisation.
Key Requirements
- 7+ years of relevant industry experience in software engineering or a related technical discipline.
- Strong programming experience with Python and/or Go .
- Strong experience designing and implementing secure APIs and enterprise software solutions .
- Background in Cyber Security Engineering, DevSecOps or MLSecOps .
- Experience with Generative AI, LLM frameworks, prompt engineering and/or adversarial testing .
- Experience contributing to enterprise architecture and system design .
- Strong understanding of security, reliability, scalability and enterprise software development.
- Experience working with containerised environments , such as Kubernetes or OpenShift.
- Experience delivering solutions across large and complex enterprise environments.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.
What's on Offer
- Salary of up to £120,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits Package .
- Hybrid working in London.
- Opportunity to work on next-generation AI security technology within a global investment banking environment.
- Exposure to large-scale Generative AI, LLM and Cyber Security transformation .
- Opportunity to help shape AI security capabilities across a global organisation.
If you are an experienced AI Security Engineer, Cyber Security Engineer, Software Security Engineer or DevSecOps/MLSecOps professional with experience across Generative AI, LLM security or secure enterprise platforms, we'd be keen to hear from you.