Lead AI Security Automation Engineer

State Street

Lead AI Security Automation Engineer developing cybersecurity data and AI platforms for State Street. Shaping intelligent security operations through advanced technology and skilled team leadership.

Posted 7/21/2026full-timeQuincy • Massachusetts, New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $120,000 - $217,500 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and leading high-performing teams of AI Automation Engineers, with a strong focus on developing scalable AI platforms and cybersecurity solutions. Proficient in architecting and delivering cloud-native AI systems while ensuring reliability, security, and performance optimization.

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AI Platform ArchitectureCloud-Native Solutions in AWS, Azure, GCPAI, Machine Learning, Generative AI DevelopmentCybersecurity Solutions DevelopmentTeam Leadership and Mentoring

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Hard Skills

AI Systems DesignProduction-Grade AI DevelopmentContext-Engineering ApproachesAPI DevelopmentPerformance OptimizationEvent-Driven MessagingDistributed Data StoresRegression TestingObservability FrameworksEnterprise-Scale Application Deployment

Soft Skills

MentoringTechnical LeadershipCross-Team Collaboration

Tools & Technologies

ContainersServerless PatternsEmbeddingsSemantic SearchGuardrailsTool-Use Orchestration

Certifications & Qualifications

Master's Degree in Computer ScienceMaster's Degree in Software EngineeringMaster's Degree in Artificial IntelligenceMaster's Degree in Data ScienceMaster's Degree in Cybersecurity

Industry Keywords

Cybersecurity OperationsAI-Driven InnovationOperational IntelligenceAnalytics SolutionsSoftware Engineering

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityGoogle Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of AI Automation Engineers focused on advancing cybersecurity operations through automation and AI-driven innovation.
Lead the architecture and hands-on delivery of scalable, reliable agentic AI platforms for security workflows
Design and build production-grade AI systems including agents, skills, memory patterns, guardrails, and tool-use orchestration
Architect retrieval and context-engineering approaches including embeddings, semantic search, grounding, summarization, and prompt/version management
Engineer cloud-native AI solutions in AWS, Azure and GCP using containers and serverless patterns, event-driven messaging, and distributed data stores
Optimize platform performance across latency, throughput, scalability, caching, context efficiency, and cost controls
Build well-governed APIs and integrations that connect AI capabilities to security platforms, tools, and business processes
Establish evaluation, research, regression testing, and observability frameworks to continuously improve quality and agent behavior
Define engineering standards for reliability, security, and safe AI operation across the platform lifecycle
Mentor senior & junior engineers and influence engineering direction through code reviews, architecture forums, and cross-team technical leadership.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline
10+ years of professional software engineering experience
4+ years of experience developing AI, Machine Learning, or Generative AI solutions
Demonstrated success designing and deploying enterprise-scale applications and platforms
Experience developing cybersecurity, analytics, or operational intelligence solutions

Benefits

Comp & perks

our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
access to our Employee Assistance Program
incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans)
eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans