Security Engineer – Application Security, GRC, AI

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Poland.

📋 Description

• Perform security-oriented code evaluations to detect potential vulnerabilities in applications.

• Analyze, prioritize, and address security weaknesses across various applications and services.

• Collaborate with developers to enhance secure coding practices and resolve vulnerabilities.

• Engage in Git/GitHub workflows to review code and contribute to security enhancements.

• Organize external penetration tests and security audits.

• Monitor identified vulnerabilities and ensure prompt remediation with engineering teams.

• Evaluate application security risks and propose practical technical solutions.

• Create, maintain, and continuously enhance the organization's security risk register.

• Identify and evaluate security exposures across internal systems, applications, and third-party services.

• Prioritize security upgrades based on risk severity, operational needs, and business impact.

• Assist in security governance processes, documentation, and audit preparations.

• Manage audit follow-up activities and monitor remediation progress.

• Enhance internal security controls and risk management procedures.

• Keep track of security alerts, emerging threats, and pertinent vulnerabilities.

• Investigate suspicious activities and coordinate appropriate responses.

• Organize security awareness programs and phishing simulations.

• Communicate security risks, best practices, and emerging threats to internal teams.

• Provide occasional evening and weekend security monitoring when necessary.

• Assist with secure employee onboarding and offboarding processes.

• Review and manage user access permissions within internal systems.

• Strengthen identity and access management controls.

• Support device security management, including mobile device management (MDM).

• Identify opportunities to enhance internal IT security processes and operational controls.

• Monitor emerging security risks that impact generative AI applications and platforms.

• Assess threats related to prompt injection, jailbreaks, and content-filter bypasses.

• Track security vulnerabilities and incidents linked to third-party AI providers.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to identify and mitigate AI-related security risks.

• Research emerging AI security techniques, tools, and defensive strategies.

⛳️ Requirements

• At least 2-3+ years of hands-on experience in security engineering, with some flexibility for exceptional candidates from dynamic technology environments.

• Strong practical experience in application security, including conducting code reviews and identifying and remediating vulnerabilities.

• Proven experience in conducting or coordinating security audits and penetration testing.

• Ability to work directly with application code and development teams utilizing Git/GitHub.

• Practical experience in scripting or automation, ideally with Python, Bash, or similar technologies.

• Prior experience in an AI company or a technology scale-up with a minimum of 50 employees.

• Solid understanding of security governance, risk assessment, vulnerability prioritization, and remediation processes.

• Capability to develop or maintain security risk registers and support audit-related activities.

• Strong technical problem-solving abilities with an investigative, security-focused mindset.

• Ability to independently identify, investigate, and resolve security vulnerabilities.

• Comfortable taking full ownership of security operations without depending on a large dedicated security team.

• Strong collaboration skills when working alongside developers, engineering leadership, and external security providers.

• Excellent proficiency in written and spoken English.

• Ability to operate autonomously in a fast-paced, fully remote technology environment.

• Willingness to provide occasional evening and weekend security monitoring coverage.

• Willingness to work under a B2B contractor agreement.

• Experience in securing AI-powered applications, generative AI systems, or LLM-based products is preferred.

• Previous experience as a sole, lead, or independently operating Security Engineer is preferred.

• Experience within rapidly growing AI startups or technology scale-ups is preferred.

• Practical use of AI tools for security research, code review, vulnerability analysis, or workflow automation is preferred.

• Personal security research, ethical hacking projects, or independent vulnerability discovery is preferred.

• Experience working across application security, governance, access management, and security awareness is preferred.

• Familiarity with emerging AI security threats, including prompt injection and jailbreak techniques is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package based on experience and seniority.

• Fully remote working arrangement from Europe.

• B2B contractor engagement.

• Opportunity to take full ownership of security operations for a rapidly growing AI platform with over 50 million users.

• Direct collaboration with engineering leadership and senior technical stakeholders.

• High level of autonomy and responsibility for security decisions and outcomes.

• Opportunity to work across application security, governance, vulnerability management, and emerging AI security challenges.

• Exposure to large-scale consumer technology infrastructure and AI-powered products.

• Hands-on technical environment focused on implementing practical security improvements.

• International working environment within a rapidly growing technology organization.

• Opportunities for professional growth and development in application and AI security.