Zip Co Limited

digital financial services

SeniorAISecurityEngineerII

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Remote Friendly
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior AI Security Engineer II at Zip Co Limited. Skills: AI security, LLMs, Security engineering. Lead security reviews. Conduct threat modelling”

What You'll Achieve.

Help protect millions of customers; Help protect merchants; Embed security by design; Tackle evolving threats; Design practical controls; Proactively identify and reduce risk

Industry & Context.

digital financial services
Problems you'll solve

Pragmatic approach; Forward-thinking approach; Risk reduction; Aptitude for identifying and managing risks

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years experience across security engineering, application security, cloud security, product security, security architecture, penetration testing or red teaming, Hands-on experience securing or reviewing AI/ML, LLM, RAG or agent-based systems, Threat modelling capabilities with the ability to translate security risk into practical engineering outcomes, Experience across web and API security, IAM, secrets management, secure SDLC, cloud security, logging, detection and incident response, Programming experience with Python or another modern programming language, Familiarity with LLM architectures, vector databases, embeddings, AI agents and modern AI data flows

Nice to Have

Exposure to frameworks such as OWASP LLM Top 10, MITRE ATLAS, NIST AI RMF, Google SAIF or ISO/IEC 42001 is highly regarded

What You'll Do.

Lead security reviews

Conduct threat modelling

Design secure AI patterns

Implement AI security controls

Embed AI security controls

Contribute to AI governance

Review third-party AI vendors

Develop AI security tooling

Deliver guidance sessions

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with Engineering teams; Collaborate across technical teams; Collaborate across business teams; Work with Product teams; Work with Data teams; Work with Privacy teams; Work with Legal teams; Work with Risk teams

Communication Scope

Expert communication skills; Stakeholder engagement skills; Ability to influence; Ability to collaborate

Full Job Description

Senior AI Security Engineer II Deep experience across AI security, application security, cloud security or security engineering, with hands-on exposure to LLMs, RAG systems and AI APIs Shape how AI security is embedded across Zip’s next generation products, LLM applications and agentic workflows, helping protect millions of customers and merchants Hybrid working flexibility, with team connection days in our Sydney or Melbourne offices Write your story with a career at Zip Join Zip’s Technology function, responsible for building and maintaining seamless, secure and sustainable platforms that enable customers to shop with confidence and merchant partners to grow their brands. As part of our Cyber Security team, you’ll play a key role in helping Zip adopt AI safely, responsibly and at scale. Working across AI-enabled products, internal tooling and emerging technologies, you’ll partner closely with Engineering, Product, Data, Privacy, Legal and Risk teams to embed security by design into how we build and deliver. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of AI security, tackling evolving threats and designing practical controls that protect customers, merchants and Zipsters alike. You’ll bring a pragmatic and forward-thinking approach to threat modelling, secure AI architecture and risk reduction, while helping shape the future of AI governance and security practices across the business. What you’ll own Lead security reviews and threat modelling activities across AI-enabled products, LLM applications, RAG systems, agentic workflows and AI APIs Identify and assess AI-specific threats including prompt injection, model abuse, sensitive data disclosure, insecure output handling, excessive agency and model or data poisoning risks Design and implement secure AI patterns including least-privilege access controls, output validation, audit logging, monitoring, abuse detection and human approval workflows Partner with Engineering teams to embed AI security controls into SDL

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