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AI Security Engineer / Application Security Engineer

Compest Solutions Inc Sunnyvale, WA

Sunnyvale, WA

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$45 - $50/hr Contract Adversarial Ai Security Agent Ai Security

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Job Description

Compest Solutions Inc is hiring an AI Security / Application Security Engineer for an onsite contract focused on application, API, cloud, and AI/LLM integration security.

Responsibilities

Conduct security and privacy design reviews for applications, APIs, cloud services, engineering proposals, and AI integrations.
Review system architecture and data flows, including access controls, trust boundaries, authentication, authorization, and security safeguards.
Perform threat modeling for critical services and AI agents, documenting attack surfaces, attack scenarios, attack paths, mitigations, and residual risks.
Execute hands-on security testing and adversarial testing of AI/LLM agents, covering:
- Prompt injection
- Tool misuse and unsafe external integrations
- Excessive agency
- Unauthorized data access
- Permission and access-control issues
- Sensitive-data exposure
Identify, validate, and document security vulnerabilities, providing practical remediation recommendations.
Partner with engineering, security, privacy, and third-party teams to drive fixes and validate implemented security controls.
Create reusable security assessment assets including methodologies, checklists, threat models, test cases, and reporting templates.
Support security automation and AI-assisted security workflows when applicable.

Requirements

8+ years of professional experience in security engineering, application security, product security, offensive security, systems architecture, or a related technical security field.
Experience reviewing complex technical designs and identifying security risks in:
- Applications
- APIs
- Cloud services
- Microservices
- Distributed systems
Strong understanding of threat modeling.
Strong understanding of vulnerability assessment.
Strong understanding of risk modeling.
Strong understanding of authentication and authorization.
Strong understanding of least-privilege principles.
Strong understanding of data protection.
Strong understanding of security architecture.
Hands-on experience with security testing, vulnerability investigation, penetration testing, adversarial testing, or security-control validation.
Strong technical communication skills for explaining security findings to engineering and business stakeholders.

Technologies

Python
Go
Bash

Location

Onsite in Seattle, Washington and Sunnyvale, California.
Local candidates required.

Position Type

Contract
In person work location

Visa

Any Visa Will work

Pay

Pay rate: $45.00 - $50.00 per hour
Salary basis: W2 pay rate

Preferred Qualifications

Experience assessing AI/LLM applications and autonomous AI agents.
Knowledge of prompt injection, jailbreaks, unsafe tool use, excessive agency, and AI data-security risks.
Experience with privacy and security design reviews.
Experience securing cloud environments.
Security automation experience using Python, Go, Bash, or similar languages.
Familiarity with application-security frameworks and industry security practices.

Key Skills

Application Security
AI/LLM Security
Threat Modeling
Penetration Testing
Adversarial Testing
Cloud Security
API Security
Security Architecture
Vulnerability Assessment
Privacy & Data Protection
Python/Go/Bash
Security Automation

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