Director of Application Security
webAI is an Austin-based sovereign AI company developing local-first, specialized AI systems that organizations can build, deploy, and operate on infrastructure they own.
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About webAI
webAI provides collaborative intelligence software centered on the webAI App, specialized Personas, and its Intelligence Delivery Network. Its platform is designed to keep intelligence close to organizational data and hardware, support private and specialized models, and enable teams to build, share, and improve AI without relying exclusively on centralized cloud systems.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
Lead application and product security initiatives with ownership of security outcomes. Establish security architecture for decentralized and on-device AI systems, define trust boundaries and data-protection strategies, lead threat modeling, embed security into system design, integrate security into software and ML lifecycles, define AI and model-integrity safeguards, and secure cloud, hybrid, edge, and on-device environments.
Requirements
- 12+ years of professional technical cybersecurity experience
- 5+ years of technical cybersecurity leadership experience
- Deep background in product and platform security
- Experience with cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and modern architectures
- Understanding of edge computing, application security, infrastructure security, and adversarial thinking
- Knowledge of AI/ML security, including model integrity, data poisoning, and adversarial attacks
- Deep technical literacy and ability to coach others on delivery best practices
- Strong communication skills for technical and non-technical discussions
- Ability to work with evolving processes, priorities, and imperfect systems
- Recommended certifications include CISSP, CSSLP, OSWE, or GAIPS
Responsibilities
- Establish the security model for decentralized, on-device AI systems and enterprise technology
- Define trust boundaries, identity frameworks, and data protection strategies
- Lead threat modeling for edge, distributed, and AI-driven environments
- Embed security into system design
- Integrate security into the software and ML lifecycle
- Define safeguards for model integrity, adversarial attacks, data poisoning, and AI/ML threats
- Build secure-by-default product capabilities with engineering
- Own security across cloud, hybrid, edge, and on-device environments
- Establish controls for data, identity, access, networking, and distributed systems
- Secure deployments, firmware, and update mechanisms
- Develop, operate, and maintain cybersecurity risk assessment and vulnerability management programs
- Mitigate supply-chain and third-party risks and vulnerabilities
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits package
- 401(k) match for U.S.-based employees
- $200/month Health & Wellness stipend
- Continuing Education support
- $500/year Function Health subscription for U.S.-based employees
- Free parking for in-office employees
- Flexible Time Off
- Parental leave for eligible employees
- Supplemental life insurance
