Senior Staff Security Engineer, AI Security
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Ripple seeks a Senior Staff Security Engineer to serve as the deepest technical expert at the intersection of AI and security.
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What you’ll do
- Drive the AI Security technical strategy and roadmap, defining how Ripple secures its AI systems and governs agentic workflows.
- Design and implement security controls for LLM-integrated and agentic AI systems, including sandboxing, identity scoping, runtime monitoring, and containment.
- Own AI security across the Controlled Agentic SDLC, establishing guardrails, provenance standards, dual-review requirements, and audit trail controls.
- Lead security review and risk assessment of all AI integrations entering production, including LLM APIs, SaaS copilots, AI code editors, and agentic workflows.
What you’ll bring
- 10+ years of Security Engineering experience with depth in at least two domains (Product Security, Cloud Security, or Security Operations) and hands-on AI/ML security exposure.
- Solid understanding of AI and LLM security concepts including prompt injection, jailbreaks, data poisoning, model extraction, RAG manipulation, and agentic risks.
- Experience securing agentic AI systems with sandboxing, permission scoping, human-in-the-loop design, or runtime monitoring.
- Fluency in cloud security (AWS, GCP, or Azure), CI/CD pipeline security, container/Kubernetes security, IAM, and API security.
Technologies
AI Security · LLM · agentic AI · AWS · GCP · Azure · Kubernetes · CI/CD · IAM · API security · MCP · STRIDE
About Ripple
Enterprise digital-asset infrastructure for institutions, spanning cross-border payments, custody, RLUSD stablecoin, prime brokerage, and treasury management across traditional and crypto rails.
Private Late · 1000–2000 people
Source and classification
Internal deployment & tooling · Evidence for this classification:
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At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs. If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value. THE WORK: As a Senior Staff Security Engineer focused on AI Security, you will be Ripple's deepest technical expert at the intersection of artificial intelligence and security. This is a purpose-built, high-impact individual contributor role that spans two critical mandates: securing AI systems that Ripple builds and operates, and harnessing AI to make Ripple's security function faster, smarter, and more scalable. You will lead the technical strategy for AI security across the agentic SDLC, define and operationalize guardrails for LLM and agentic AI adoption, and build AI-powered security tooling in close partnership with the broader organization to embed AI security into how Ripple operates every day. You will also shape Ripple's external posture on AI security, contributing [... source excerpt omitted ...] autonomous agent actions that exceed authorized scope. Own AI security across the Controlled Agentic SDLC, establishing security guardrails, AI provenance standards, dual-review requirements, and audit trail controls for AI-assisted development across Ripple Engineering. Lead the security review and risk assessment of all AI integrations entering production, including LLM APIs, SaaS copilots, AI code editors, agentic workflows, third-party MCP servers, and vendor-embedded AI. Build and scale Ripple's Shadow AI detection capability, surfacing unsanctioned AI usage, driving adoption of the AI acceptable use policy, and ensuring all AI workflows operate within Ripple's auditable per [... source excerpt omitted ...] I security posture, contributing to industry frameworks, engaging regulators, and publishing research that establishes Ripple as a credible voice in responsible AI security. WHAT YOU'LL BRING: 10+ years of Security Engineering experience with demonstrated depth in at least two domains, such as Product Security, Cloud Security, or Security Operations, and meaningful hands-on exposure to AI or ML security in practice. Solid understanding of AI and LLM security concepts, including prompt injection, jailbreaks, data poisoning, model extraction, RAG manipulation, and agentic risks such as tool poisoning, excessive agency, and MCP server vulnerabilities. Experience securing agent
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