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Senior AI Platform Security Engineer

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  • Level
    Senior
  • Job Field
    IT, Security, Back End
  • Employment Type
    Full Time
  • Contract Type
    Permanent employment
  • Location
    Munich
  • Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
  • Job Summary

    In this role, you take strategic ownership of the security architecture for an AI moderation layer, design defense strategies, and conduct threat simulations using LLMs and components for automated security.

    Job Technologies

    Your role in the team

    • You take strategic ownership of an AI Moderation Layer as a hardened platform service: define architecture standards, security policies, SLAs/SLOs, and ensure global scalability and integration with AI platform services.
    • You design and lead a multi-layered defense strategy against jailbreaks, prompt injection, data exfiltration, and tool misuse through advanced input/output scanners, safety filters, and autonomous agents.
    • You establish and continuously improve the security lifecycle for LLMs/Agents: threat modeling, attack simulations, red teaming, LLM-specific pentests, automated security assessments, and incident response frameworks.
    • You act as a trusted advisor for legal, compliance, and data protection teams, shaping governance and regulatory alignment for AI security.
    • You drive operational excellence: define KPIs, implement canary rollouts, optimize cost/performance, scale to additional data sources, and ensure 24/7 reliability.
    • You mentor and guide an agile team of engineers and data scientists, fostering best practices in architecture, security, and platform engineering.
    • You ensure enterprise-grade quality of platform services regarding architecture, code, IT security, compliance, documentation, and operational KPIs.

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    Our expectations of you

    Education

    • University degree in computer science, mathematics, or a comparable field with an IT focus, or equivalent qualification.

    Qualifications

    • Deep expertise in LLM and agent security: advanced protection against jailbreaks, prompt and indirect injection, input/output scanners, policy engines, and moderation strategies.
    • Proven leadership in security lifecycle and compliance: threat modeling, red teaming, LLM-specific pentests, automated security assessments in CI/CD, telemetry, alerting, and incident response.
    • Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills; business fluent English required, German is a plus.
    • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and mentor teams in complex, high-security environments.

    Experience

    • 8+ years of experience in software or platform security and architecture in cloud environments (Azure/AWS), including containerized microservices, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, service mesh, SLOs, high availability, and disaster recovery.
    • Strong engineering background with architectural decision-making: Python, C# or TypeScript, REST and event-driven systems, observability practices, and experience with agile methods.

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    Job Locations

    • Location Munich

      Bayern

      Germany

    • Location Munich

      Bayern

      Germany

    This is your employer

    BMW AG

    BMW AG

    Our world-leading premium automotive brands BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and our motorcycles, along with our comprehensive range of high-quality financial and mobility services make us a unique provider.

    Description

  • Company Type
    Established Company
  • Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
  • Industry
    Vehicle Manufacturing, Supplier, Industry, Production
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