# Senior Security Engineer at LiteLLM

- Company: LiteLLM
- What the company does: LiteLLM is the open-source AI gateway that puts your full AI stack behind one OpenAI-compatible key. Track and cap LLM spend, route to the right model, and self-host anywhere — even air-gapped. 140+ providers, 1,892 models. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.litellm.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $220K to $260K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-31
- Apply by: 2026-12-15
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/litellm/93705fde-0daa-49ce-94be-4551d3ac662d?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/litellm-senior-security-engineer/

## About the role

This is a hands-on security generalist role with a strong emphasis on application security. You’ll spend most of your time reviewing and hardening LiteLLM’s Python codebase, identifying new attack surfaces, working directly with engineers to fix vulnerabilities, and making secure development practices part of how we build. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- A strong security generalist who can work across application security, IT, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and the software supply chain
- Deep application-security expertise, including manually auditing production Python code and working with engineers to remediate vulnerabilities
- Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, tenant isolation, SSRF, injection, deserialization, secrets management, and common web and API vulnerabilities
- Experience using and configuring tools such as Semgrep, Bandit, CodeQL, Burp Suite, and other SAST or DAST tooling
- Previous experience at an early-stage security startup during its 0→1 journey
- Experience securing containers, GitHub Actions, build pipelines, packages, and software dependencies

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/litellm-senior-security-engineer/