AI Red Team Lead Engineer

U.S. Bank

AI Red Team Lead Engineer directing offensive testing of U.S. Bank’s AI models, pipelines, applications, and infrastructure.

Posted 8/5/2026full-timeCincinnati • Illinois, New York, Ohio, Oregon • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $126,820 - $149,200 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in AI Red Team operations, including threat emulation, model security, and risk communication. Proficient in developing custom tooling and frameworks while collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance AI security standards.

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AI Red Team OperationsAI Threat ModelsAdversary EmulationPython ProgrammingCustom Offensive Tooling

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Hard Skills

AI/ML System SecurityModel Vulnerability AssessmentProof-of-Concept ExploitsRed Team TechniquesThreat EmulationModel APIsOrchestration FrameworksCloud EnvironmentsContainerized EnvironmentsEndpoint Security Bypass

Soft Skills

Effective CommunicationLeadershipProblem-SolvingAnalytical SkillsCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

EDR/XDRAPI ProtectionsAI PlatformsAutomation FrameworksEvaluation Pipelines

Industry Keywords

Information SecurityAI Security StandardsModel DeploymentData GovernanceEmerging Attack Techniques

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudGoPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead AI Red Team operations targeting foundation and custom models, model deployment environments, training/evaluation/inference pipelines, and data ingestion, labeling, and governance controls
Design and execute AI-specific threat emulation aligned to real-world adversaries, misuse scenarios, and emerging attack techniques
Develop and maintain custom AI red team tooling, frameworks, and automation
Perform security research into emerging AI attack techniques, model vulnerabilities, and defensive gaps
Partner with detection, engineering, and governance teams on purple-team and control validation activities
Contribute to AI security standards, testing guidance, and program strategy
Mentor and provide technical leadership to red team engineers
Own the design, execution, and reporting of AI-focused red team operations, adversarial testing, and threat emulation exercises
Identify, validate, and communicate AI-related risks and articulate business impact

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
Eight plus years of relevant experience
Thorough understanding of applicable information security systems, policies, and procedures
Effective communication, presentation, leadership, problem-solving, and analytical skills
Proven collaboration and influencing skills
Hands-on experience testing or securing AI/ML systems, including LLMs or other model classes
Knowledge of AI threat models and attack techniques, including prompt injection, model extraction, training data poisoning, inference abuse, and hallucination exploitation
Familiarity with AI platforms and tooling, including model APIs, orchestration frameworks, and evaluation pipelines
Significant red team experience, including adversary emulation and multi-stage attack chains
Proven skill developing proof-of-concept exploits and custom offensive tooling
Strong understanding of red team and offensive AI techniques and tooling
Expertise defeating or bypassing endpoint and AI-adjacent security controls, including EDR/XDR, API protections, and guardrails
Experience with cloud, containerized, and AI-hosting environments
Proficiency in one or more of Python, PowerShell, Go, C/C++, or Shell
Ability to translate research into operational tooling
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work from a U.S. Bank location three or more days per week
Ability to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures, including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and workplace conduct and safety policies

Benefits

Comp & perks

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
Basic term and optional term life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability
Pregnancy disability and parental leave
401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
Adoption assistance
Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law
Incentive and recognition programs
Equity stock purchase
Pension
Disability accommodations during the application or hiring process