Security Engineer – Application Security, GRC, AI

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

📋 Description

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

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

• Work closely with developers to enforce secure coding practices and implement vulnerability fixes.

• Engage in Git/GitHub workflows to review code and enhance security measures.

• Manage external penetration testing and security audit engagements.

• Monitor identified vulnerabilities and ensure timely remediation in collaboration with engineering teams.

• Evaluate application security risks and suggest practical technical solutions.

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

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

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

• Assist with security governance processes, documentation, and audit readiness.

• Oversee audit follow-up tasks and track the progress of remediation efforts.

• Strengthen internal security protocols and risk management practices.

• Monitor 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 support when necessary.

• Assist with secure employee onboarding and offboarding processes.

• Review and manage user access permissions across internal systems.

• Enhance identity and access management controls.

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

• Identify improvements for internal IT security processes and operational controls.

• Monitor new security risks impacting 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 threats.

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

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 2-3+ years of practical security engineering experience, with consideration for exceptional candidates from rapidly growing tech environments.

• Strong hands-on experience in application security, encompassing code reviews, vulnerability identification, and remediation.

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

• Proficiency in working directly with application code and development teams using Git/GitHub.

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

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

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

• Capability to develop or maintain security risk registers and assist with audit-related functions.

• Strong technical problem-solving abilities and a security-centric investigative mindset.

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

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

• Excellent collaboration skills when engaging with developers, engineering leadership, and external security providers.

• Exceptional written and spoken English communication skills.

• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, fully remote tech environment.

• Willingness to provide occasional evening and weekend monitoring coverage.

• Open to working under a B2B contractor agreement.

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

• Previous roles as a sole, lead, or independently functioning Security Engineer are preferred.

• Experience in fast-growing AI startups or tech 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 across application security, governance, access management, and security awareness is preferred.

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

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package tailored to experience and seniority.

• Fully remote working arrangement available for candidates in Europe.

• Engagement on a B2B contractor basis.

• Opportunity to take complete ownership of security operations for a rapidly expanding 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 enhancements.

• International working environment within a swiftly growing technology organization.

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