AHEAD
Principal Technical Consultant – Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Security
$200K–$230K
United States · Remote · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years; no alternative stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads customer-facing deployment and operationalization of AI security solutions, integrating controls and tooling into production AI systems and workflows.
What you'll do
- Design and implement AI security architectures, integrations, telemetry pipelines, and reusable deployment patterns.
- Operationalize security controls for AI systems, including prompt injection defense, access controls, data leakage prevention, and agent monitoring.
- Lead customer engagements, technical proposals and statements of work, and cross-functional delivery.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of experience in security engineering, AI engineering, platform engineering, forward deployed engineering, solutions consulting, or related technical roles, with progression to principal or senior consulting level.
- Hands-on experience securing AI systems, LLM applications, or AI production pipelines.
- Experience deploying cloud-native architectures on at least one major cloud provider, and strong background in AI security data integration and analytics workflows.
- Customer-facing implementation experience and proven ability to develop technical proposals, statements of work, and scoping documents.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI red teaming, adversarial testing, or AI governance frameworks; familiarity with MITRE ATLAS.
- Experience in regulated environments, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, reusable implementation frameworks, or relevant certifications.
Pay
USD 200,000–230,000 (per-year-salary), OTE (includes base salary and any applicable target bonus amount)
Tools
AWS, Azure, GCP, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, MITRE ATLAS
AI focus
Deploys and secures AI systems, LLM applications, production pipelines, and agentic workflows; implements AI security controls, telemetry, monitoring, red teaming, and operational guardrails.
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