AI Security Automation Engineer (AVP)

About the role

State Street's Cyber Data & Analytics (CyberDNA) team is looking for a Junior AI Security Automation Engineer to help build the next generation of AI‑powered cybersecurity platforms. You will work closely with global cyber security, infrastructure and continuity teams to deliver secure, scalable AI solutions that enhance threat detection and response.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement production‑grade AI systems, including agents, skills, memory patterns, guardrails and tool‑use orchestration.
• Develop retrieval and context‑engineering techniques such as embeddings, semantic search, grounding, summarization and prompt/version management.
• Engineer cloud‑native AI services on AWS, Azure and GCP using containers, serverless patterns, event‑driven messaging and distributed data stores.
• Build well‑governed APIs and integrations that connect AI capabilities to security platforms and business processes.
• Establish evaluation, regression testing and observability frameworks to continuously improve AI quality and behavior.
• Follow engineering standards for reliability, security and safe AI operation throughout the platform lifecycle.
• Leverage enterprise‑approved AI coding‑assist tools to improve code quality, delivery speed and productivity while adhering to secure coding standards.

Required profile

• Junior‑level professional able to work under guidance from a Lead or Senior Engineer.
• Strong interest in the intersection of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data engineering and full‑stack development.
• Ability to collaborate with global cyber security and infrastructure teams.

Required skills

• Experience with AI agents, skills, memory patterns and guardrails.
• Knowledge of embeddings, semantic search, grounding, summarization and prompt management.
• Proficiency in cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Familiarity with containers, serverless architectures, event‑driven messaging and distributed data stores.
• API design and integration experience.
• Testing, regression and observability framework implementation.
• Use of AI coding‑assist tools and secure coding practices.

What we offer

• Opportunity to work on cutting‑edge AI security automation within a global financial institution.
• Collaboration with cross‑functional cyber security and data teams.
• Professional growth in a fast‑evolving AI and cybersecurity landscape.