About the job
At Menlo Security, our mission is to empower secure global connections, communication, and collaboration. The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the urgency of our mission as we serve a diverse clientele, including Fortune 500 companies, 9 out of the 10 largest global banks, and the Department of Defense.
The landscape of cybersecurity is evolving, and as we transition from 400 employees to the next phase of our growth, we seek passionate individuals who embody empathy and agility. The ideal candidate is ethical, highly organized, dedicated to completing tasks, service-oriented, and receptive to feedback while also confident in providing guidance to others.
Menlo Security is well-positioned for growth with robust financial backing from esteemed investors such as Vista Equity Partners, General Catalyst, JPMC, American Express, HSBC, and Ericsson Ventures.
We are looking for a Senior AI Security Engineer to tackle the emerging security challenges posed by autonomous AI agents. In this pivotal role, you will conduct research, design, and implement innovative strategies to detect and mitigate threats such as prompt poisoning, context manipulation, and malicious agent behavior targeting AI systems.
You will collaborate closely with engineering teams to translate state-of-the-art security research into actionable, deployable security measures that safeguard agents in real-world scenarios, particularly when dealing with untrusted web content.
Core Responsibilities:
Research Emerging Threats: Explore new attack vectors against AI agents, including prompt injection and adversarial content embedding.
Architect Scalable Workflows: Design robust, high-performance pipelines that secure interactions between agents and web content.
Develop Detection Techniques: Create and prototype innovative methods for identifying malicious prompts and unsafe contextual signals.
Implement Security Controls: Integrate these techniques into agentic environments, ensuring agents can safely navigate and act on external data.