Point72 / Cubist
GenAI Security Engineer
$225K–$300K
New York, NY +1 · Full-time · Posted Jan 30, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
North America - Experience
- 6+ years of software engineering experience.
About the job
Develop and operate security controls, architectures, monitoring, and incident response for Point72’s agentic and human-in-the-loop GenAI systems.
What you'll do
- Build GenAI security controls and secure agent/tool-calling and connector workflows against abuse and data exfiltration.
- Lead AI threat modeling, risk assessments, incident response, and remediation; develop monitoring for anomalous behavior and unsafe outputs.
- Define secure-by-default architectures and translate policy and regulatory requirements into governance, testing, and audit-ready documentation.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of software engineering experience and strong coding skills in one or more general-purpose languages.
- Experience building containerized services using Kubernetes, working with AI/ML and/or GenAI technologies, and defining and implementing infrastructure and application pipelines.
- Cybersecurity background, including threat modeling and security engineering practices.
- Expert understanding of software development methodologies and concepts.
Pay
$225,000-$300,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Go, Java, Kubernetes, MCP
AI focus
Secures agentic and human-in-the-loop GenAI systems, including guardrails, tool and connector workflows, threat modeling, and detection of anomalous behavior and unsafe outputs.
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