Levi Strauss & Co. · 1 week ago
Principal Security Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$135K/yr - $198K/yr
10+ years expLevi Strauss & Co. is a company that values individuality and impact. The Principal Security Engineer will play a crucial role in building AI-powered security capabilities, translating architectural vision into production-grade systems to protect the brand.
FashionLifestyleRetailApparel
Responsibilities
Support the enterprise agentic AI platform, defining and governing how every agent at LS&Co. is built, deployed, and governed, regardless of cloud provider, model, or builder team
Architect and engineer a production-grade multi-agent AI platform to orchestrate specialized security agents across the GIS
Lead the design and implementation of the AI Gateway as the central enforcement point for all LLM and agent traffic
Architect the agent identity and registry system to eliminate shadow AI and orphaned agents across the estate
Establish the audit and observability architecture for agent workloads
Own cross-platform guardrails and data protection standards
Build AI-powered enrichment and analysis pipelines integrated with our security stack
Define engineering standards, design review processes, and architectural patterns for the AI & Security Engineering practice
Establish organizational accountability structures for platform component ownership, partnering with Platform Engineering, Infrastructure, and Security to define clear ownership boundaries, contribution standards, and governance operating models that scale beyond a single team
Qualification
Required
10+ years of professional software engineering experience with expert proficiency in Python; demonstrated track record designing and delivering complex, distributed, cloud-native systems at scale
Hands-on experience building and shipping agentic AI applications beyond proof-of-concept
Practical proficiency with AI orchestration frameworks (Semantic Kernel, LangChain, ADK, etc.) and RAG pipeline design, including embedding strategies, hybrid search, and LLM evaluation methodology
Solid grasp of security operations concepts: threat intelligence workflows, detection engineering and SIEM query languages (KQL, SPL, YARA-L, etc.), MITRE ATT&CK, vulnerability management, and API-based integration with security platforms
Strong architecture and leadership instincts: you write RFCs, lead design reviews, make well-reasoned build-vs-buy decisions, and can communicate technical complexity to both engineering peers and executive audiences
Operates effectively as a principal-level individual contributor who is comfortable driving technical alignment without direct organizational authority
Genuine, demonstrable passion for AI and agentic systems; not just aware of the landscape, but actively experimenting, building, and thinking about what AI can and cannot reliably do today
Experience with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD in regulated or high-assurance environments; familiarity with cloud security best practices including managed identity, Key Vault, and least-privilege design
Benefits
Base pay
Incentive plans
401(k) matching
Paid leave
Health insurance
Product discounts
Company
Levi Strauss & Co.
Levi Strauss & Co. is a brand-name apparel company designs, markets, and sells jeans, casual and dress pants, jackets, skirts, and more.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
Levi Strauss & Co. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
61%
Represents job field similar to this job
Engineering and Development
Management and Executive
Product Management
Accounting and Finance
Customer Service and Support
Creatives and Design
Sales
Human Resources
Marketing
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2026 (14)
2025 (37)
2024 (41)
2023 (49)
2022 (76)
2021 (59)
2020 (39)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$551.35M2025-07-15Post Ipo Debt· $551.35M
2019-03-20IPO
Leadership Team
Michelle Gass
President & Chief Executive Officer
Chris Callieri
Chief Supply Chain Officer
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