AI Security Engineer

Insight Global is hiring a AI Cyber Security Engineer join the team, based out of San Jose, CA. This person will be focused on gathering research dependent on requirements from the customers and figuring out what is the most efficient way to automate their issues using LLMs. This person will spend about 75% of their time researching areas like vulnerability management, CVE databases, and SIEM logs, and 20-25% coding in Python to prototype and connect tools for the engineering team. They will work with existing LLMs and vector databases (eg, LangChain, ChromaDB, MosaicML) to configure secure solutions. The ideal candidate will have experience in a security firm or on a security-focused team, are self-driven researchers, and can bridge AI with cybersecurity.

8 years experience as a Cyber Security Engineer, with hands-on experience in security research, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, red teaming, or detection engineering

-Experience working with LLMs, using them to solve cybersecurity challenges

-Experience with retrieval tools such as LangChain, and ChromaDB

-Experience using Fine-tuning techniques and tools including LoRA, QLoRA, DeepSpeed-Chat/TRL, OpenAI Fine-Tuning API, MosaicML Platform

-Experience using LLM Agent frameworks such as LangChain Agents, AutoGPT, Microsoft AutoGen, HuggingGPT, CrewAI

-Experience using optimization tools such as Quantization, FlashAttention, Distillation, DeepSpeed-Inference/FasterTransformer

San Jose, CA - $180k/yr - $250k/yr Full Time Posted by: Insight Global Posted: Sunday, 30 August 2026

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$180,000.00/yr - $250,000.00/yr

Direct message the job poster from Insight Global Professional Recruiter at Insight Global, Compensation: The salary for this position ranges from 180,000-250,000/year. Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education. Benefits package for this role may include healthcare insurance offerings and paid leave as provided by applicable law. Seniority level

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type Full-time

Job function

• Job function Research, Engineering, and Project Management
• Industries Security and Investigations, Computer and Network Security, and Data Infrastructure and Analytics

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401(k)