About the job
Recursion Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Staff Engineer specializing in AI Security and Product Security for its Salt Lake City, Utah office. This position plays a key role in shaping the security of Recursion’s products and AI systems, with direct influence on both patient outcomes and the company’s resilience.
What you will do
- Lead product security strategy across web, mobile, API, cloud, infrastructure, and container platforms. Guide threat modeling, risk assessments, and security reviews throughout the development lifecycle, focusing on prevention and early intervention.
- Integrate secure development practices by establishing and enforcing coding standards, encryption protocols, and security testing. Work closely with development and Machine Learning teams to embed security at every stage.
- Oversee enterprise AI security from end to end. Protect LLM integrations, agentic pipelines, and ML model ingestion. Address AI-specific threats including prompt injection, data poisoning, and model extraction. Develop incident response playbooks and conduct red teaming for AI systems.
- Secure the AI supply chain and MLOps infrastructure. Evaluate third-party foundation models, open-source weights, and AI APIs prior to production. Collaborate with ML engineering to safeguard training pipelines, feature stores, and model serving endpoints.
- Champion compliance and AI governance by operationalizing frameworks such as OWASP LLM Top 10, MITRE ATLAS, NIST AI RMF, and EU AI Act requirements. Partner with legal, privacy, and responsible AI teams to support audits and adapt to evolving regulations.
- Scale security by assessing and deploying security tools, identifying policy violations, and driving measurable outcomes without hindering business progress.
- Enhance security culture as a subject matter expert. Mentor engineering teams and lead incident response efforts from investigation to mitigation and prevention.
- Maintain a strong security foundation through clear documentation, including requirements, guidelines, and incident response plans. Conduct penetration testing and code reviews to anticipate emerging threats.
Collaboration
This role partners with security, engineering, legal, privacy, and responsible AI teams throughout Recursion. The group values open knowledge-sharing and close collaboration to strengthen the organization’s security posture.
