Litera

AI Security Engineer

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17 hours ago
Denver, CO, USAMid Level / Senior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$150k - $178k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Identify, assess, and reduce security risks across AI-enabled products, internal AI tools, and agentic AI infrastructure.
  • Protect LLM-connected applications, MCP server integrations, agent workflows, tool-call authorization boundaries, and SaaS interconnects.
  • Build and maintain AI security controls, tooling, testing pipelines, detection logic, playbooks, and documentation.
  • Extend identity governance and secrets management to AI agents and non-human identities, including access scoping, credential lifecycle, inventory, deprovisioning, and audit logging.
  • Support AI impact assessments, model risk registers, secure-use policies, and control alignment with AI standards.
  • Represent AI security posture in customer questionnaires, enterprise security reviews, due diligence requests, audit evidence, and sales-related security discussions.

Requirements

  • 3–6 years of cybersecurity experience, including 1–2 years focused on AI/ML security, application security, or a related combination in a cloud-native SaaS or enterprise software environment.
  • Working knowledge of LLM security risks and mitigations, including prompt injection, insecure output handling, RAG poisoning, model denial of service, and sensitive information disclosure.
  • Hands-on experience with threat modeling, SAST/DAST, API security, secrets management, secure SDLC practices, and CI/CD pipeline security.
  • Technical proficiency with scripting, automation, security tooling, and AI/ML technologies such as LangChain, RAG pipelines, vector databases, Azure OpenAI, or Amazon Bedrock.
  • Experience securing Azure and/or AWS environments, including IAM, network segmentation, containers, Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code scanning, and cloud-hosted AI workloads.
  • Strong communication and analytical skills with the ability to explain AI security risks to technical and non-technical audiences and drive remediation independently.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
  • Relevant certifications such as CAISP, CISSP, CEH, GPEN, or AWS/Azure Security specialties are preferred.
  • Preferred experience includes AI red teaming, Garak, PyRIT, Counterfit, AI bug bounty programs, AI security research, AI governance frameworks, regulated SaaS, customer security reviews, RFP responses, due diligence questionnaires, or security-focused sales support.

Benefits

  • Hybrid Denver, Colorado work arrangement with an expectation of at least three office days per week.
  • Base salary range of $150,000 to $178,000 USD for Colorado applicants, plus eligibility for a company bonus plan.
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) with company match; and incentive and recognition programs, subject to eligibility.
  • Collaborative global team, professional growth opportunities, career development, and work at the intersection of legal technology and AI innovation.

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About Litera

1,001-5,000 employees

Litera builds legal software and AI tools for law firms and corporate legal teams, spanning document drafting and comparison, contract review, knowledge management, and legal workflow. Its portfolio integrates with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace and is sold as enterprise software subscriptions. Headquartered in Chicago and privately held, the company serves firms globally, including many Am Law 100 practices.

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