Senior Security Engineer

TL;DR

Senior Security Engineer (AI): Build and own the end-to-end security programme at Apollo Research, maintaining trust with frontier AI lab partners and enabling secure use of AI tools. Focus on developing security roadmaps, automating security operations, driving compliance, and setting security direction for engineering.

What you will do

• Build and own Apollo's security programme, including roadmap and risk assessments.
• Maintain trust with AI lab partners as primary security contact and produce technical security documentation.
• Define security principles and AppSec strategy for the engineering team.
• Manage AI tool usage policies and vetting processes balancing security and research needs.
• Own security tooling stack and automate security operations including EDR/MDR and identity management.
• Lead compliance and certification efforts such as ISO 27001 and SOC 2.
• Manage IT administration including Google Workspace and access policies.

Requirements

• Leadership and hands-on experience building security programmes from scratch.
• Engineering mindset with focus on automation and systems solutions.
• Pragmatic approach tailored to organizational risk profile.
• Ability to make fast, good-enough decisions and execute quickly.
• Strong adaptability to evolving AI tooling and threat landscape.
• Credibility with internal stakeholders and external partner security teams.