Ripple
Senior Staff Security Engineer, AI Security
$232K–$290K
San Francisco, CA, United States · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted May 28, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of Security Engineering experience; no alternative stated.
About the job
Leads Ripple’s AI security strategy, secures AI systems and agentic workflows, and builds AI-powered tools to strengthen the company’s security operations.
What you'll do
- Define and implement AI security strategy, guardrails, and controls across the AI development lifecycle and agentic systems.
- Assess production AI integrations, detect unsanctioned AI use, and develop mitigations for emerging agentic AI threats.
- Contribute to external AI security standards, regulatory discussions, and published security practices.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of Security Engineering experience, with depth in at least two security domains and hands-on exposure to AI or ML security.
- Understanding of AI and LLM security concepts and experience securing agentic AI systems.
- Fluency in core security domains, including cloud security, CI/CD, container and Kubernetes security, IAM, and API security.
- Strong threat modeling skills and ability to influence across Engineering, Product, and Security.
Nice to have
- Experience in FinTech, crypto, or other highly regulated environments.
- Exposure to frameworks such as NYDFS, MAS, DORA, or SOC 2 as they relate to AI adoption.
Pay
$232,000 — $290,000 USD (CA annual base salary range)
Tools
AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, STRIDE, MITRE ATLAS, OWASP LLM Top 10, MCP
AI focus
Secure AI systems Ripple builds and operates, govern LLM and agentic AI adoption, review AI integrations, detect Shadow AI, and use AI to improve security operations.
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