Chewy · 1 day ago
Staff Security Engineer
Boston, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$138K/yr - $245K/yr
5+ years expChewy is a Fortune 500 company committed to being the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners. They are seeking a Staff Security Engineer to lead the design, evaluation, and hardening of AI-powered systems, ensuring secure deployment of large language models and generative AI tools.
E-CommercePetRetail
Responsibilities
Conduct enterprise wide AI risk assessments, discover and map all AI/LLM/agentic deployments, identify data flows and threat surfaces
Define and enforce AI security policies and guardrails. Collaborate with engineering teams to design prompt-sanitization, data governance, authorization and redaction controls
Perform adversarial testing of AI systems. Simulate prompt-injection, jailbreaks, data poisoning, model evasion, leakage, and agent abuse across internal tools
Develop and deploy detection & runtime defenses. Integrate monitoring, anomaly detection, and response mechanisms into MLOps pipelines and production systems
Provide expert guidance on secure AI architecture. Advise developers and platform teams on secure LLM integration, least-privilege design, encryption, identity management, and auditability
Educate and evangelize AI safe practices. Lead training sessions, document policies, and act as a cybersecurity liaison on AI risk governance
Contribute to a culture of operational excellence and security-first thinking, balancing precision, speed, and simplicity in all aspects of your work
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or similar; 5+ years of professional experience in a similar role
5+ years experience in cybersecurity engineering, ideally within enterprise environments, with a deep understanding of risk management and SDLC/MLOps workflows
Deep understanding of AI policy, data privacy, and compliance
Solid programming skills in python, go etc. and familiarity with AI/ML frameworks like tensorflow or pytorch, plus security automation tools and infrastructure as code (cloud, container, identity)
Ability to balance multiple priorities at a given time
Must be team oriented and have a customer first mindset
Preferred
Familiarity with AI security frameworks like OWASP top 10 for LLM, NIST AI Risk Management Framework, MITRE ATLAS (Adversarial Threat Landscape for AI Systems)
Experience establishing runtime AI monitoring or anomaly detection systems, e.g. log and analysis or behavioral telemetry for AI usage
Strong background in identity and access management for AI agents
Hands-on experience with secure MLOps/CI-CD pipelines, secure containerization and infrastructure as cloud in AWS
Benefits
401k
New hire and annual equity grant
Medical/Rx
Vision
Dental
Life
Disability
Hospital indemnity
Critical illness
Accident
Parental leave
Family services benefits
Backup dependent care
Flexible spending accounts
Telemedicine
Pet adoption reimbursement
Employee assistance program
10% off pet insurance
20% off at Chewy.com
Unlimited PTO, subject to manager approval
Six paid holidays per year
Paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations
Company
Chewy
Chewy is a pet store that offers products, services, supplies, and prescriptions for pet parents and partners with online services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$951MKey Investors
Lone Pine CapitalWells Fargo Capital FinanceBlackRock
2024-09-19Post Ipo Secondary· $500M
2019-06-13IPO
2017-04-18Acquired
Leadership Team
Michael Hyman
Vice President
Soma Bulusu
Vice President, Engineering and IT
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