Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Robert Half is seeking a Software Engineer II – AI Engineer to analyze, design, program, debug, test, implement, and support the privacy, security, and governance controls that protect generative AI technologies. This role safeguards GenAI-enabled applications by embedding data protection, security guardrails, and responsible AI governance across the development lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement data privacy controls, including PII/PHI detection, redaction, and data minimization
- Build security guardrails, including prompt-injection defense, jailbreak prevention, and output filtering
- Establish governance for plugins, skills, and agents, including registration, approval, and lifecycle management
- Review and vet third-party plugins, skills, and agent tools for security, privacy, and compliance risks
- Define and enforce access controls, authentication, and least-privilege permissions for AI components
- Implement guardrails for autonomous agents, including action scoping, tool-use restrictions, and human-in-the-loop approval
- Apply data classification, retention, and residency policies across GenAI data flows
- Monitor AI systems for policy violations, data leakage, and anomalous plugin, skill, or agent behavior
- Maintain audit trails and logging for plugin, skill, and agent activity
- Support compliance with regulations and frameworks, including GDPR, CCPA, and the EU AI Act
- Provide Level II production support for security, privacy, and governance incidents
- Support incident response, including containment, escalation, and remediation
Skills
- 4+ years of experience in IT or a related field
- 2+ years of software engineering experience
- 1+ year of experience in AI security, data privacy, or governance
- Experience with AI coding agent-augmented development
- Experience with data privacy techniques, including PII detection, redaction, and anonymization
- Experience with Python, Java, C#, JavaScript, or SQL
- Experience building and securing applications
- Knowledge of cloud platforms, containers, and CI/CD practices
- Understanding of SDLC, APIs, and system architecture
- Knowledge of databases and data integration
- Understanding of LLM fundamentals and token behavior
- Knowledge of security guardrails, including prompt-injection and jailbreak defenses
- Experience governing plugins, skills, and agents, including registration and lifecycle management
- Knowledge of identity and access management, including authentication and least-privilege design
- Familiarity with AI risk frameworks, including the NIST AI RMF and OWASP LLM Top 10
- Knowledge of privacy and compliance regulations, including GDPR, CCPA, and the EU AI Act
- Experience with observability practices, including logging, tracing, and audit trails
- Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP
- Strong communication and requirements-gathering skills
- Experience with AI governance platforms and policy-as-code frameworks
- Experience with secrets management, encryption, and data loss prevention (DLP)
- Experience with red-teaming and adversarial testing of LLM applications
- Experience designing agent guardrails, including tool sandboxing and action approval
- Experience with content moderation and output safety filtering
- Experience with security incident handling, including containment and forensics
Benefits
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Group health insurance benefits (medical, vision, dental)
- FSA and HSA healthcare accounts
- Life and accident insurance
- Adoption and fertility assistance
- Paid parental leave of up to 6 weeks
- Short/long term disability
- Paid time off for vacation, personal needs, and sick time
- Choice Time Off (CTO) varies based on years of service and is pro-rated based on hours worked per week
- A new hire earns up to 17 days of CTO per calendar year
- Up to 11 paid holidays per calendar year
- Opportunity to contribute to our company 401(k) savings and investment plan or deferred compensation plan (if eligible), with an employer match of 100% on the first 3% of your contributions for eligible employees
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