Senior Security Engineer (AI)

About the Position

We are seeking a Senior Security Engineer (AI) to join our team in Lisbon, Portugal. This role is pivotal in securing AI/ML systems and pipelines across our organization, ensuring robust cybersecurity measures are embedded throughout the software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement security standards and policies for AI/ML adoption across the organization
• Act as a security partner to platform, application engineering, and product teams on AI-powered features
• Coordinate with tech leads and engineering teams to promote secure design patterns for AI workloads
• Integrate security controls, automated testing, and vulnerability management into CI/CD and MLSecOps workflows
• Conduct security architecture reviews and risk assessments for LLMs and generative AI systems, addressing risks such as prompt injection and model supply chain vulnerabilities
• Lead investigation, mitigation, and recovery efforts for security incidents targeting AI infrastructure and cloud AI services
• Monitor emerging cybersecurity trends and adversarial ML tactics to evolve the security posture

Requirements

• Cybersecurity experience: 3+ years
• AI/ML security, LLM security, or security for AI-driven systems: 3+ years
• OpenAI
• CI/CD
• Application Security (AppSec) and SSDLC
• OWASP Top 10 and OWASP LLM Top 10
• Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, OSI model)
• Security protocols (HTTPS, DNS, SMTP, FTP, SSH)
• Programming languages: Python, PowerShell
• Cloud security experience (AWS, Azure, GCP), including AI/ML workloads and managed AI services
• English: B2

Nice to Have

• Docker
• Auth0 (IAM)
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• DevSecOps
• Front-end development experience
• Cloud systems administration and serverless deployment

We Offer

• A project that matches your skills and ambitions, as well as your preferences for working policies and culture.
• A competitive salary with awesome benefits and opportunities to leverage your knowledge and network to earn additional income.
• An empowering and respectful work culture enriched with social and learning events.
• A People Experience Partner specially assigned to you - your go-to career guide, responsible for supporting your growth, facilitating training, and ensuring your work-life balance at KWAN.

About the Company

At KWAN, we connect IT professionals with projects that match their skills, professional experience, and goals. We offer a career progression program, delivered by in-house specialists - our People Experience Partners - to guide you through our journey with us.

What You Can Expect as a KWANer

• Respect isn’t optional here: You’re trusted to deliver and supported to speak up.
• Dedicated People Experience Partner: Someone accountable for your growth, not your allocation.
• Continuous learning, built in: Learning that keeps pace with the systems you build.
• Recognition that’s visible: Your impact doesn’t go unnoticed. Through our Rocket Points System, we constantly recognize your contributions.
• A culture you can feel: From movie and quiz nights to dinners and our annual summer gathering, we don’t just work together - we build real connections.
• Flexible spaces to work your way: Remote-first, with physical hubs when you want connection.

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