Principal AI Security Engineer

Let’s face it, a company whose mission is human transformation better have some fresh thinking about the employer/employee relationship.

We do. We can’t cram it all in here, but you’ll start noticing it from the first interview.

Even our candidate experience is different. And when you get an offer from us (and accept it), you get way more than a paycheck. You get a personal Better Up Coach, a development plan, a trained and coached manager, the most amazing team you’ve ever met (yes, each with their own personal Better Up Coach), and most importantly, work that matters.

This makes for a remarkably focused and fulfilling work experience. Frankly, it’s not for everyone. But for people with fire in their belly, it’s a game-changing, career-defining, soul-lifting move.

Join us and we promise you the most intense and fulfilling years of your career, doing life-changing work in a fun, inventive, soulful culture.

If that sounds exciting—and the job description below feels like a fit—we really should start talking.

We are a hybrid company with a focus on in-person collaboration when necessary. Employees are expected to be available to work from one of our office hubs at least two days per week, or eight days per month. Our US hub locations include:
Austin, TX;
New York City, NY;
San Francisco, CA; and the Arlington, VA metro area. Please ensure you can realistically commit to this structure before applying.

The Principal AI Security Engineer is a strategic individual contributor role responsible for advancing Better Up’s product and application security posture across our AI-powered SaaS platform. This role operates at the intersection of software engineering, AI/ML implementation, product development and secure engineering, driving the design and delivery of secure product and AI features that power our coaching platform.

Serving as a technical thought leader and security domain expert, this role partners closely with Engineering, Product, and AI teams to ship features and embed secure development practices into the SDLC, proactively manage risk, and ensure our capabilities meet customer needs and security standards.

• Partner with Product and Engineering teams to design, build, and ship AI features across Better Up's customer-facing platform, with a focus on Ruby on Rails and modern web technologies and ensure security is embedded early in the product lifecycle.

• Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, technical documentation, and establishing best practices for AI feature development and AI security.

• Contribute to and help evolve Git Hub workflows, including code releases, release notes automation, feature flag management, and deployment pipelines.

• Lead application-level security architecture roadmap reviews and define secure patterns for authentication, authorization, data protection, and API security.

• Evaluate new technologies and services for security risks and support secure vendor selection and integration.

• Contribute to and help evolve Better Up’s secure development lifecycle and product security engineering standards.

• Partner with AI/ML teams to assess, mitigate, and monitor risks unique to GenAI and AI/ML model integration, including prompt injection, data leakage, and model manipulation.

• Provide deep expertise in secure coding practices, threat modeling, design reviews, and static/dynamic analysis to Engineering teams delivering core user-facing functionality.

• Serve as a security SME for AI-centric features, helping teams align with AI governance, security, and ethical use frameworks (e.g. ISO 42001).

• Serve as a technical advisor and thought partner to Product Managers and Engineering Leads on product security strategy and implementation approaches.

• Mentor engineers on AI/ML best practices, secure coding patterns, and modern software development techniques.

• Participate actively in design reviews, sprint planning, and architecture discussions to influence product direction

• 8+ years of experience in…