Application Security AI Engineer

Our client • New York, NY

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About The Position

Our client is seeking an Application Security AI Engineer to provide unified application security triage and drive AI-enabled security tooling initiatives across their vulnerability management and software supply chain security programs.

Requirements

• 8-10 years of experience in application security
• Expertise in code scanning methodologies including static scanning (SAST), dynamic scanning (DAST), and open source scanning (SCA)
• Strong background in SCA/SAST/DAST triage, vulnerability management, and threat intelligence
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted security tooling and AI-enabled security tools, including frontier models and coding assistants
• Working knowledge of prompt and tool orchestration, model evaluation, and AI governance
• Proficiency with scripting and automation, APIs, and CI/CD workflows
• Experience with developer tooling, security platform integrations, IDE security, and package managers
• Capability to detect and assess malicious code in open-source dependencies
• Understanding of software supply chain security best practices

Responsibilities

• Provide unified application security triage coverage across SCA, SAST, and DAST findings, including validation of critical and high-risk vulnerabilities
• Perform false positive analysis and exploitability assessment to prioritize remediation efforts
• Provide remediation guidance, escalation support, and handle PatchNow Critical events
• Assess and coordinate responses for threat intelligence escalations and monitor newly disclosed vulnerabilities
• Engineer, test, and implement AI-enabled security tooling, including support for evaluation of new AI capabilities and technical proof-of-value execution
• Strengthen software supply chain security through secure open-source dependency selection, SBOM and component visibility support, and detection of malicious packages
• Assess and improve developer IDE security, including securing plugins/extensions and developer workflows

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed