Sr. AI Security Engineer
Backblaze External Website · Remote - Argentina; Remote - Colombia ; Remote - Costa Rica ; Remote - Mexico
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 82 days Backblaze External Website's roles stay open a median of 74 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 61% of Backblaze External Website's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Backblaze External Website
- high 38 stale, 3 reposted of 38 open
- Hiring momentum
- 58 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-24
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Backblaze External Website's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Backblaze External Website.
About this role
The Sr. AI Security Engineer at Backblaze will focus on designing and implementing security measures for internal AI usage, particularly for agentic systems. This hands-on role involves creating safeguards such as access controls, runtime security mechanisms, and identity management for AI systems, while also ensuring observability and detection of AI activity. The engineer will work closely with development teams to enable safe usage of AI tools and protect against potential security risks.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Backblaze External Website as an employer.
What you need
- 7+ years in security engineering or backend systems
- Proven experience designing and deploying security controls
- Strong programming skills (Python preferred; Go, Java, or TypeScript a plus)
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code
- Experience with logging, monitoring, and detection systems
- Practical familiarity with agentic AI systems or tool-integrated LLM workflows
Nice to have
- Experience securing internal AI platforms or developer-facing AI tools
- Background in detection engineering, threat hunting, or adversarial testing
- Familiarity with agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex)
- Experience mentoring engineers and guiding secure design
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Focus on security for AI systems may limit exposure to other areas of security engineering
- Role requires strong hands-on technical skills and may not suit those looking for a more strategic position
Summarised from Backblaze External Website's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Backblaze External Website on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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