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Backblaze is hiring a Sr. AI Security Engineer

Responsibilities

  • Create and deploy safeguards for AI systems that use external tools, focusing on access restrictions and approved tool lists
  • Ensure separation of context and memory between AI agent sessions to prevent cross-contamination
  • Validate each action taken by an AI agent at the individual step level
  • Apply security measures based on the OWASP Agentic AI Top 10, such as defending against prompt injection and data leaks
  • Develop real-time enforcement systems like interceptors or proxies for monitoring tool and API calls
  • Establish policy frameworks that make and enforce access decisions during AI execution
  • Enforce limits on AI activity, including rate controls, execution duration, and emergency shutdown capabilities
  • Block actions initiated by AI systems that are unauthorized or potentially harmful
  • Design identity and access management for automated agents with temporary credentials and narrowly defined permissions
  • Distinguish clearly between access granted to humans and non-human entities
  • Tightly bind agent identity to the specific task and execution environment
  • Ensure all actions taken by AI systems can be traced and reviewed
  • Implement comprehensive logging and tracing for AI inputs, tool usage, and decision paths
  • Develop detection systems using behavioral baselines and anomaly detection
  • Detect and flag unusual patterns in tool usage by AI agents
  • Identify and report on suspicious structures or content in AI prompts
  • Monitor for and alert on unexpected or unauthorized data access attempts
  • Conduct threat modeling for agentic systems using the MAESTRO framework, including mapping capabilities and trust boundaries
  • Model potential misuse and adversarial behaviors in AI systems
  • Turn threat modeling results into actionable security controls and detection rules
  • Protect developers using AI tools by preventing exposure of sensitive data
  • Verify the safety and accuracy of code and actions generated by AI tools
  • Limit automation capabilities to prevent unsafe or uncontrolled behavior
  • Support secure use of AI-powered coding tools with embedded validation layers
  • Promote secure prompting and output handling practices in AI-assisted development environments

Work Arrangement

Remote (Worldwide)

Other

  • We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion are central to our values
  • We are committed to fairness and respect toward our customers, partners, and employees
  • We aim to build a diverse workforce to better serve customers across more than 175 countries
  • Continuous learning and personal growth are integral to our culture
  • We welcome applications even if candidates do not meet every listed requirement
  • We strive to create an environment where people can be themselves and do their best work
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Backblaze
Backblaze is the object storage leader in the open cloud movement, fueling customer success with cloud storage built purposefully to unlock budgets, unburden administrators, and unleash innovators. It is the leading specialized storage cloud, managing over three billion gigabytes of data storage for 500K+ customers in 175+ countries.
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Category security
Posted 3 days ago