Lead ML Security
Mara
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
Tech Stack
CloudSDLC
About the role
- Lead development and implementation of AI Product Security program ensuring alignment with regulatory, privacy, and Responsible AI standards.
- Build and maintain security process (threat modeling, code review, pen-testing, continuous security validation) for both traditional and AI-enabled applications.
- Define and maintain framework of AI security controls, including reference threat models for LLM-based systems, prompt-injection mitigation, model supply-chain security, and data-handling controls.
- Collaborate with engineering and ML teams to design secure architectures for AI pipelines, agentic systems, and inference workflows.
- Develop and deploy AI-aware security automation tools (scanning, vulnerability prioritization, remediation)
- Drive security education and awareness, conducting workshops and learning programs for engineers, product managers, and executives.
- Partner with clients and internal stakeholders to perform deep-dive assessments, translate findings into actionable roadmaps, and influence product security transformations.
- Lead internal and external penetration-testing coordination, ensuring effective remediation and security ownership across delivery units.
- Represent the company externally at conferences and working groups (e.g., OWASP, CSA, NIST) to influence industry best practices around GenAI security.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in application security or secure software architecture, including leadership or mentoring roles.
- Expertise in threat modeling, secure SDLC, and security automation across cloud-native and AI-driven environments.
- Proven success building or scaling products security programs
- Familiarity with emerging AI threats such as prompt injection, model exfiltration, LLM misalignment, etc.
- Experience with security tooling (42Crunch, BlackDuck, Fortify, SonarQube, Wiz, Prisma Cloud, BurSuite Sysdig, NowSecure, or similar) and modern CI/CD integration.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
AI Product Securitythreat modelingcode reviewpenetration testingsecurity validationAI security controlssecurity automationsecure software architecturesecure SDLCvulnerability prioritization
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcollaborationcommunicationinfluenceeducationworkshop facilitationstakeholder engagementproblem-solvingstrategic planning