AI Security Engineer

Role : AI Security Engineer

Location: 100% Remote

Rate: $80/hr on W2 (No C2C)

This role drives the technical build and hardening of AI security controls across the organization''s applications, infrastructure, AI integration layer, and developer toolchain. The engineer works to secure the AI/MCP gateway(s) enabling our teams to build in a secure fashion. The engineer will be charged with keeping pace with AI-assisted & agentic coding tools so that their adoption can be performed in a secure manner. This is a hands-on builder who implements and operationalizes the standards defined by the security team. Application security background with practical experience in secure integration patterns, API security, gateway hardening, and DLP configuration; Working understanding of AI agent architectures, MCP integrations, prompt injection risks; Familiarity with enterprise developer toolchains; Experience with cloud identity services (Azure AD/Entra ID, M365); Strong hands-on experience with IAM; Red teaming or offensive security experience.