Senior Staff Security Engineer - AI Safeguards

Job Description

• Keep the map of ML usage and safeguards across our products current, and lead the security design of new ML features
• Break our safeguards: test the boundaries on jailbreaks, prompt injection, prompt leaks and toxicity, and turn findings into eval cases that run on every model, prompt and safeguard change
• Design and build mitigations with ML engineers that hold when detection misses
• Define the security metrics that show whether our safeguards work, and report on them
• Review changes that could weaken a safeguard
• Track AI attack research and turn new techniques into tests and mitigations

Qualifications

• Typically 8 or more years in security engineering, including 2 or more years focused on AI or LLM security
• Hands-on adversarial experience, such as red teaming, penetration testing or vulnerability research, applied to LLM systems
• Deep knowledge of LLM attacks and defenses (for example, the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications and MITRE ATLAS)
• Ability to identify risks, develop mitigation plans, and implement the fixes yourself
• Strong coding skills in Python or Go, and a record of shipping production code, not only findings
• Enough ML fundamentals to build evals and judge the efficacy of a classifier

For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $201,300 - $352,300, plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits.  Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure.  Please note that the base pay shown is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location.  We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, a flexible time away plan and family leave programs.  

Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located and is subject to change based on work location. 

Additional Information

Work Personas

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Equal Opportunity Employer

ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity,  veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.  

Accommodations

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