Senior Application Security Engineer, AI & Product Security

About the Opportunity Artera is seeking a hands‑on Senior Application Security Engineer, AI & Product Security to work alongside our AI builders and Systems Engineers to threat‑model agentic and LLM‑powered features, harden PHI/PII‑handling workflows, and ship the “paved road” tooling (secure SDLC guardrails, prompt/agent‑identity patterns, SAST/DAST/SCA in CI/CD) that keeps innovation fast and safe. This is a frontier role. You’ll be operating where AI security is still being defined — translating policy into code, building guardrails for agent identity and prompt/output filtering, and giving our team the logging, scanning, and safe tool‑use patterns. Artera Security finds the secure path and ships it with our AI Builders and System Engineers. This role is based in our Seattle, WA office. In‑person collaboration is intentional – you'll be working shoulder‑to‑shoulder with our AI builders, Systems Engineers, and security leadership as we build Artera's Seattle tech hub. This role supports federal‑facing systems and contributes to enterprise security functions. Candidates must meet eligibility for a government background check and follow strict data protection, access control, and incident response protocols. Familiarity with regulatory frameworks is expected. Ongoing compliance training and evidence‑based documentation may be required. Applicants must be currently authorized and have the ability to provide proof of full‑time, long‑term authorization to work in the United States. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers now or in the future. Responsibilities AI Threat Modeling: Threat‑model agentic and LLM‑powered features end‑to‑end: data ingress/egress, agent identity, tool‑use boundaries, and the unique risks that come with frontier AI work. Paved Road Tooling: Build the secure SDLC paved road — secure SDLC guardrails, prompt/agent identity patterns, secrets management, PHI/PII redaction patterns. Security Gates: Embed SAST, DAST, SCA, and infrastructure scanning into CI/CD so security gates are part of the pipeline, not an afterthought. AI Monitoring Strategy: Identify and pilot an AI monitoring tool to fill the gap our current tooling (Zscaler) doesn't cover. Policy > Practice: Translate existing security policy into safe tool‑use patterns for the Artera Primitives team, Systems Engineers, and other AI Builder squads. Cross Functional Partnership: Partner cross‑functionally with DevOps, Systems Engineering, and the AI builder teams — meeting AI Builders and engineers in the middle and finding the secure path forward, not the “no” path. Security Ownership: Own AWS identity and access management patterns, secrets management, and security tooling decisions in our AWS environment. Collaborate with System Engineers / DevOps on implementation. Security Framework Application: Apply frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK, MITRE ATLAS, OWASP Top 10, and OWASP LLM Top 10 to architectural decisions. Requirements AppSec Tenure: 6–10 years in Application Security, with a hands‑on engineering orientation. LLM & Agent Security: Demonstrable experience with LLM and agent security — OWASP LLM Top 10, MITRE ATLAS, prompt/output filtering, agent identity, and tool‑use risk. Threat Modeling Expertise: You’ve built end‑to‑end threat models for production platforms and translated them into corrective controls. Pipeline Scanning Tools: SAST, DAST, and infrastructure scanning tools in production CI/CD environments. Shift‑Left Security Experience: Taking policy, codifying it as infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform), and gating CI/CD pipelines on security findings. Cloud Depth: Significant AWS experience (GCP or Azure background acceptable; AWS is learnable, but cloud depth is required). Regulated Environment Experience: Background in regulated environments — healthcare (HIPAA/HITRUST), federal (FedRAMP), or fintech (PCI). Collaborative Communicator: Strong cross‑functional communicator; able to partner with engineers and AI builders, find the secure path together. Bonus Agentic AI Modeling: Direct experience threat modeling agentic AI systems (rare — but if you have it, you’re the cherry on top). Agentic Platform Exposure: AWS Agent Core, MCP, or similar agent‑platform exposure. Growth Stage AI Experience: Experience at a growth‑stage company (~50–500 people) that has already adopted agentic AI. Fintech to Agentic Path: Background in fintech transitioning into agentic systems (a common path into this kind of work today). AI Monitoring Tool Ownership: Past ownership of an AI monitoring tool rollout or evaluation. Compensation $146,000 - $175,000 a year. The compensation for this role will be based on level of experience and the geographic tier in which you are located. This position also comes with equity and a variety of benefits. Location This position is based in Seattle, WA. In‑person collaboration is expected. Remote candidates must reside in one of the hybrid office cities or designated hiring hubs. Boston, MA Chicago, IL Denver, CO Kansas City, MO Los Angeles, CA San Francisco Bay Area, CA Seattle, WA Benefits Full health benefits (medical, dental, and vision) Flexible spending accounts Company paid life insurance Company paid short‑term & long‑term disability Company equity Voluntary benefits 401(k) Manager development cohorts Employee development funds Company holidays Winter & summer break Flexible time off Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Artera is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to fair and equitable hiring practices. All hiring decisions at Artera are based on strategic business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications. All candidates are considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetics, protected veteran status, or any other protected status. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Artera is committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment; Artera will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Artera provides reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees in compliance with state and federal laws. If you need an accommodation, please reach out to [email protected] . #J-18808-Ljbffr Artera