# Senior Application Security Engineer, AI and Machine Learning at Lightning AI

- Company: Lightning AI
- What the company does: From the PyTorch Lightning creators. Own your AI, don. Backed by Index.
- Company website: https://lightning.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-04-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/lightningai/jobs/7687112003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/lightning-ai-senior-application-security-engineer-ai-and-machine-learning/

## About the role

You will work closely with platform engineers, ML engineers, and infrastructure teams to identify risks, design secure architectures, and build security tooling that enables engineers to move quickly and safely. This role is execution focused. You will drive technical implementation, perform deep security reviews, and help build out our application security capabilities alongside the CISO and engineering leadership.

## What they're looking for

- Strong background in application security engineering
- Experience performing threat modeling and architecture reviews
- Experience securing APIs and distributed systems
- Experience working in cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Experience with containers and Kubernetes
- Strong scripting or programming skills such as Python, Go, or similar

Tags: Information Technology & Security