Ripple
Senior Staff Security Engineer, AI Security
New York, NY, United States · Staff+ · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$224k-$300kDetected 15 days ago
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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70
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Level I$109,8451 entry
Level II$137,7172 entries
Level III$165,5893 entries
Level IV$193,4614 entries
This range already reaches Level IV — the maximum four lottery entries.
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About the role
- It's big, it's bold, and we're already doing it.
- And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs.
- THE WORK: As a Senior Staff Security Engineer focused on AI Security, you will be Ripple's deepest technical expert at the intersection of artificial intelligence and security.
Responsibilities
- Drive the AI Security technical strategy and roadmap, defining how Ripple secures its AI systems, governs agentic workflows, and embeds security controls into the AI development lifecycle from day one.
- Design and implement security controls for LLM-integrated and agentic AI systems, including sandboxing, identity and permission scoping, runtime monitoring, and containment of autonomous agent actions that exceed authorized scope.
- Own AI security across the Controlled Agentic SDLC, establishing security guardrails, AI provenance standards, dual-review requirements, and audit trail controls for AI-assisted development across Ripple Engineering.
- Lead the security review and risk assessment of all AI integrations entering production, including LLM APIs, SaaS copilots, AI code editors, agentic workflows, third-party MCP servers, and vendor-embedded AI.
- Build and scale Ripple's Shadow AI detection capability, surfacing unsanctioned AI usage, driving adoption of the AI acceptable use policy, and ensuring all AI workflows operate within Ripple's auditable perimeter.
- Experience securing agentic AI systems, including sandboxing, permission scoping, human-in-the-loop design, or runtime monitoring for autonomous workflows.
- Strong threat modeling instincts, whether using STRIDE, MITRE ATLAS, OWASP LLM Top 10, or your own approach, and comfort applying frameworks to architectures where the playbook remains in development.
- Other common names for this role: AI Security Architect, LLM Security Engineer, Agentic AI Security Lead
- We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.
- The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
Nice to have
- Experience in FinTech, crypto, or other highly regulated environments is a strong plus, ideally with exposure to frameworks like NYDFS, MAS, DORA, or SOC 2 as they relate to AI adoption.
Compensation
- For positions that will be based in NY, the annual salary range for this position is below.
- NY Annual Base Salary Range
- $224,000 - $300,000 USD
Benefits
- A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact.
- A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
- Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
- Mobile phone stipend
- Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
- Industry-leading parental leave policies.
- Family planning benefits.
- This range does not include equity or additional compensation, such as bonuses or commissions.
- Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
Company info
- Do Your Best Work
- A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
- Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
- In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
- Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
- We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!
- Take Control of Your Finances
- Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
- Employee giving match
- Take Care of Yourself
- R&R days so you can rest and recharge
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity Employer.
Visa & Work Authorization
- plicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, militar
This listing is sourced directly from Ripple's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.