Application Security Engineer II (AI Security)

Amplitude • San Francisco, CA

70d • $138,000 - $231,000

About The Position

Amplitude is the leading digital analytics platform that helps companies unlock the power of their products. Over 4,300 customers, including Atlassian, NBCUniversal, Under Armour, Square, and Jersey Mike's, rely on Amplitude to gain self-service visibility into the entire customer journey. Amplitude guides companies every step of the way as they capture data they can trust, uncover clear insights about customer behavior, and take faster action. When teams understand how people are using their products, they can deliver better product experiences that drive growth. Amplitude is the best-in-class analytics solution for product, data, and marketing teams, ranked #1 in multiple categories in G2's Summer 2025 Report. Learn how to optimize your digital products and business at amplitude.com. As an organization, we approach challenges with humility, take ownership of our contributions, and embrace a growth mindset that pushes us to constantly improve ourselves, each other, and the value we bring to customers and partners. Amplitude's Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI): Amplitude believes that diversity enables the creation of better products, improves the ability to solve complex problems, and drives more powerful solutions. We strive to create an environment of inclusion-one focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection-that will allow employees of all backgrounds to thrive.

Requirements

• 2 - 5 years of experience in application or product security roles
• Hands-on software development experience in at least one backend language (e.g. Python, TypeScript, Java)
• Strong understanding of API security, authentication, and common web vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10)
• Experience or interest in AI/ML system security, including LLM application threat modeling or prompt security
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment environments (e.g., Kubernetes, GitHub Actions)

Responsibilities

• Contribute to building and maintaining secure-by-default development patterns, libraries, templates and model interaction patterns ('golden paths')
• Implement security and AI-specific checks in CI/CD workflows (e.g. GitHub Actions, Argo Workflows) and in runtime environments (e.g. Kubernetes admission controllers)
• Leverage AI/ML tools to automate code review, alert triage, log analysis, and threat detection for application-layer risks
• Develop and maintain security guardrails, input/output filters, and policy enforcement layers for LLM interactions
• Write and tune rules to catch insecure code patterns and prevent critical vulnerabilities from reaching production
• Conduct threat modeling and security design reviews for AI-related products, such as chatbots, model-connected platforms (MCPs), and autonomous agents
• Contribute to internal penetration tests against AI systems
• Collaborate with developers to remediate security issues by offering clear guidance and, where needed, hands-on support
• Contribute to internal tooling and frameworks to make secure development frictionless and fast

Benefits

• Excellent medical, dental and vision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee medical, dental, vision on select plans
• Flexible time off, paid holidays, and more
• Generous stipends to spend on what matters most to you, whether that's wellness (monthly), commuter transit/parking (monthly), learning and development (quarterly), home office equipment (annual), and much more
• Excellent Parental benefits including: 12-20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Carrot Fertility Benefits/Adoption/Surrogacy support, Back-up Child Care support
• Mental health and wellness benefits including no cost employee access to Modern Health coaching & therapy Sessions and high quality physician office experience via One Medical membership (select U.S. locations only)
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees