Senior Security Engineer – Platforms & AI

Azumo

. Own the technical security posture of production AI systems, including infrastructure, pipelines, and agents .

Posted 9/22/2026full-timeRemote • Uruguay, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Mexico, ColombiaSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in security engineering and infrastructure security, with a focus on securing AI systems and implementing robust security measures. Proficient in vulnerability remediation, incident response, and compliance within regulated environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Security EngineeringAWS EcosystemVulnerability RemediationPenetration TestingCompliance (SOC 2, HIPAA)

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Hard Skills

Infrastructure SecurityApplication SecurityDevSecOpsCI/CDAPI DesignThreat ModelingRoot-Cause AnalysisBehavioral Anomaly DetectionPrompt Injection DefenseAutomated Security Audits

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsClear Written and Spoken English

Tools & Technologies

Cloud Security ToolingSIEM PlatformsPenetration Testing ToolsEndpoint Security PlatformsInfrastructure-as-Code Security (Terraform, Bicep)AI-Assisted Coding Tools (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot)

Certifications & Qualifications

CISSPCISMAWS Security Specialty

Industry Keywords

High-Growth StartupFintechBankingPaymentsOpen-Source Security Tooling

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the technical security posture of production AI systems, including infrastructure, pipelines, and agents
Harden cloud infrastructure, APIs, internal tooling, and CI/CD pipelines through encryption, secrets management, logging, and access controls
Conduct scanning, penetration testing, adversarial testing, threat modeling, and manual security reviews
Drive vulnerability remediation through closure
Defend AI and agentic systems against prompt injection and adversarial inputs
Build guardrails for tool-calling and agentic systems that are bounded, observable, auditable, and safe to fail
Own the automated security, cost, and architecture audit across client codebases
Configure audit checks, severity grading, frequency, and accuracy
Implement monitoring and detection, investigate anomalies, and perform root-cause analysis
Run incident response, including containment and fixes to prevent recurrence
Work within client repositories, tooling, and compliance reviews such as HIPAA

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of hands-on experience in security engineering, infrastructure security, application security, DevSecOps, or offensive security
Engineering fundamentals including testing, code review, CI/CD, Git, containers, and API design
Deep, current knowledge of the AWS ecosystem
Demonstrated experience identifying and remediating vulnerabilities in live production systems
Experience securing AI or LLM-powered systems or automated agents, including prompt injection, adversarial inputs, unauthorized actions, unsafe outputs, and data leakage
Active use of AI-assisted coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot in real delivery work
Strong communication skills
Clear written and spoken English, B2/C1 or above
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
Familiarity with prompt-injection attacks, adversarial AI techniques, AI guardrails, and behavioral anomaly detection
Cloud security tooling, SIEM and observability platforms, penetration testing tools, endpoint security platforms, and infrastructure-as-code security (Terraform, Bicep, or similar)
Delivery under a compliance regime such as SOC 2 or HIPAA
Prior experience in high-growth startup, fintech, banking, or payments environments
Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, AWS Security Specialty, or similar
Contributions to open-source security tooling, published technical writing, or active participation in the security community

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% remote-first culture (work anywhere in the US or Canada)
Paid time off (PTO)
U.S. Holidays
Solid AI Training and certification
Mentored career development
Profit sharing
$US remuneration