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# Senior Security Architect

- **Company:** BLITZY INC.
- **Location:** Cambridge, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $325,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Neural Networks, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Large Language Models, Software Security, Information Technology, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** July 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=6699e0d0af450490

## About the Role

* Advanced degree preferred (MSc in Security Informatics, PhD in Computer Science, or closely related field) or equivalent depth of hands-on experience
 * Extensive proven experience operating as a Security Architect, Senior Security Engineering Manager, or Technical Security Advisor at scale.
 * Exceptional skills in executive leadership, security strategy, and product security.
 * Deep expertise in machine learning security, vulnerability research, self-healing systems, and cryptography.
 * CISSP or equivalent certification/experience strongly preferred

What Makes You Stand Out

 * A strong background in applied research, ideally with a history of committee involvement or publications related to LLM personalization, privacy-preserving architectures, or neural networks.
 * Demonstrated experience architecting security for high-stakes, production-grade environments at scale.
 * A track record of translating deep technical research into practical, enterprise-ready security controls.

## Description

Blitzy is seeking a highly experienced Senior Security Engineer who operates at the level of a Security Architect to unify our security strategy as we scale our agentic software development platform. This is a visionary technical leadership role: you will provide clear visibility into emerging risks, drive large-scale mitigations, and strengthen our future security posture through applied security R&D. Given the nature of our platform, this role carries a heavy emphasis on product security and the security of machine learning ecosystems, spanning both stochastic and non-stochastic software.

What Success Looks Like

 * Blitzy's security strategy is unified across the organization, with current and emerging threats across stochastic and non-stochastic software clearly identified and prioritized.
 * Executive leadership has consistent, prioritized guidance for mitigating security risks across partner organizations, informed by your technical advisory.
 * Production systems benefit from mature anomaly detection, prevention, and autonomous fault detection capabilities.
 * Long-term risks in machine learning and AI ecosystems are addressed through comprehensive, forward-looking security strategies.
 * Blitzy is recognized for industry-wide security improvements, driven by novel vulnerability research and advanced security controls.

Areas of Ownership

 * Unify organizational security strategy by identifying current and emerging threats across both stochastic and non-stochastic software.
 * Lead offensive and defensive security initiatives spanning cryptographic, cloud, and machine learning platforms.
 * Act as a key technical advisor to executive leadership, establishing consistent, prioritized guidance for mitigating security risks across partner organizations.
 * Oversee production security engineering, with a specific focus on anomaly detection, prevention, and autonomous fault detection.
 * Develop and implement comprehensive security strategies to address long-term risks in machine learning and AI ecosystems.
 * Foster industry-wide improvements by conducting novel vulnerability research and developing advanced security controls and features.
 * Design and architect robust digital security devices and platforms for high-stakes environments.


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