Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Granicus is a company focused on transforming the Govtech industry through technology that connects governments with their constituents. They are seeking a Principal Engineer in AI Security to lead the development of AI security capabilities and control planes, ensuring secure adoption of AI and defense against AI-enabled threats.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable controls for AI-enabled development and operations
- Establish secure patterns for: LLMs and agents, AI-assisted development, model and inference access, data protection and governance, AI telemetry and visibility
- Create guardrails that enable safe AI adoption without slowing engineering velocity
- Partner with Product Security and Engineering to evolve the SDLC for an AI-enabled world
- Embed security directly into developer workflows through: pipeline enforcement, AI-aware testing, secure coding patterns, and automated controls
- Help shift vulnerability management from reactive patching toward systemic risk reduction
- Partner with Cyber Defense teams to address how AI changes: attacker behavior, detection and response, vulnerability exploitation, and operational tempo
- Prototype and implement AI-enabled approaches for: detection engineering, prioritization, and security operations automation
- Translate emerging AI risks into actionable engineering strategy
- Identify high-risk gaps and drive practical solutions
- Establish scalable architectural and implementation patterns across teams
- Serve as a senior technical advisor across security and engineering organizations
- Prototype systems, controls, and integrations directly
- Evaluate emerging AI tooling, technologies, and attack techniques
- Contribute code, architecture, and technical designs where needed
Skills
- 10+ years of experience in Security Engineering, Product Security, Application Security, Platform Security, or related technical disciplines
- Experience operating as a senior or principal-level technical leader across multiple engineering domains
- Deep familiarity with LLMs, copilots, agents, AI-assisted development, and AI-enabled workflows
- Strong understanding of how AI changes SDLC practices, attack surfaces, vulnerability management, identity and access models, and security operations
- Actively builds and experiments with AI technologies
- Experience securing AI-enabled applications or platforms in production
- Familiarity with adversarial AI, prompt injection, model abuse, or AI red teaming
- Experience integrating security controls into large-scale engineering workflows
- SaaS, cloud-native, or regulated industry experience
- Strong background in cloud-native architectures, APIs and distributed systems, CI/CD and developer tooling, security automation, and secure software engineering
- Ability to design pragmatic, scalable security controls and patterns
- Builder mentality with strong systems-thinking capability
- Pragmatic, execution-oriented, and comfortable operating in ambiguity
- Able to influence teams without relying on formal authority
- Focused on solving real problems—not implementing theoretical framework
Benefits
- Flexible Time Off – Take the time you need to rest, recharge, and live your life.
- Company-Wide Wellbeing Days – Paid days off to unplug and focus on your mental health.
- Work From Home Reimbursement – Support a productive home office environment.
- Multiple Health Plan Options – Including a 100% employer-paid plan.
- Employer HSA Contributions – When enrolled in a High-Deductible Health Plan.
- Fitness Reimbursement Program – Stay active, your way.
- On-Demand Mental Health Support – Access to Headspace and other wellness tools.
- Paid Parental Leave – For both birthing and non-birthing parents.
- Traditional & Roth 401(k) – With a generous company match.
- Life & AD&D Insurance – 100% employer-paid coverage for peace of mind.
- Online Learning Platforms – Fuel your professional development.
- Competitive Salary & Bonuses – Your contributions are valued and rewarded.
Company Overview
Granicus provides technology that empowers government organizations to create better lives for the people they serve. It was founded in 1999, and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.granicus.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Granicus has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 3 in 2025, 2 in 2023, 3 in 2022, 3 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.