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Senior AI Security Engineer

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Palo Alto, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 8/4/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/4/2026
Job Description

Job Description

Position Details

  • Job Title: Senior AI Security Engineer
  • Company: Wilson Sonsini
  • Location: Fully Remote (Primary posting in Palo Alto, CA)
  • Employment Type: Full-time

About The Company

Wilson Sonsini is the premier legal advisor to technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises worldwide. The firm has approximately 1,100 attorneys in 17 offices, including locations in the U.S., China, and Europe.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior AI Security Engineer to join the Security Operations team. This role sits at the frontier of AI infrastructure and enterprise security, allowing you to design secure AI pipelines, evaluate MCP server integrations, and serve as the technical authority for AI security across the firm's ecosystem of AI-powered tools.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

  • Design secure-by-default patterns for LLM integration, agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, and MCP server deployments
  • Lead security architecture reviews for MCP integrations
  • Build and operate AI threat modeling and red teaming capabilities
  • Engineer secure data pipelines for AI systems
  • Partner with IT, Information Security, and practice group leaders to evaluate AI vendor integrations
  • Develop and maintain security standards for AI development
  • Perform related duties and maintain compliance

Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, cybersecurity, or related technical field required

Experience

  • 5 years in application security, cloud security, or AI/ML engineering
  • At least 2 years focused on AI system security in production
  • Hands-on familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  • Demonstrated experience with AI threat modeling (OWASP LLM Top 10)
  • Cloud security fundamentals (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • Experience securing agentic AI systems
  • Law firm experience is a plus

Preferred Skills

  • Relevant certifications (OSCP, GREM, Azure Security Engineer) valued
  • Strong GitHub profile, original research, or CTF wins preferred
  • Intellectual curiosity and builder's mindset
  • Comfortable in fast-moving environments
  • Self-directed and resourceful

Compensation And Benefits

  • Pay Range:
    • Palo Alto, New York, San Francisco: $163,200 - $220,800 per year
    • Austin, Boston, Boulder, Century City, Delaware, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Seattle, Washington D.C., and other locations: $147,050 - $198,950 per year
  • Discretionary year-end merit bonus based on performance
  • Highly competitive salary and benefits package (details available upon request)
Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)

Salary : $147,050 - $198,950

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