AI Red Team Lead Engineer

U.S. Bancorp
Cincinnati, Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Charlotte
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 126,820 - 149,200 annuallyFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Problem-solving","Analytical skills","Communication","Collaboration"]

Lead offensive security activities for AI/ML systems, covering adversarial testing across foundation and custom models, deployment environments (APIs, plugins, agents, RAG pipelines), and training/evaluation/inference workflows. Design and execute AI-specific threat emulation for misuse scenarios like prompt injection, data poisoning, model inversion, and jailbreaks. Build red-team tooling and automation, perform AI security research, and partner with detection, engineering, and governance teams to validate controls and improve program maturity.

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U.S. Bancorp
U.S. Bancorp
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AI Red Team Lead Engineer

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Job Summary

Lead offensive security activities for AI/ML systems, covering adversarial testing across foundation and custom models, deployment environments (APIs, plugins, agents, RAG pipelines), and training/evaluation/inference workflows. Design and execute AI-specific threat emulation for misuse scenarios like prompt injection, data poisoning, model inversion, and jailbreaks. Build red-team tooling and automation, perform AI security research, and partner with detection, engineering, and governance teams to validate controls and improve program maturity.
Location: Cincinnati, Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Charlotte
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead AI red team operations, running adversarial testing across foundation/custom models and model deployment environments (APIs, plugins, agents, RAG pipelines).
  • •Design and execute AI-focused threat emulation aligned to real-world adversaries and misuse scenarios (e.g., prompt injection, data poisoning, model inversion, jailbreaks, supply chain risks).
  • •Develop and maintain custom AI red team tooling, frameworks, and automation to scale testing and improve repeatability.
  • •Perform security research into emerging AI attack techniques, model vulnerabilities, and defensive gaps.
  • •Partner with detection, engineering, and governance teams for purple-team/control validation and contribute to AI security standards and program strategy.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 126,820 - 149,200 annually
Perks:Health Insurance401kLife InsuranceDisabilityPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
  • •8+ years of relevant experience.
  • •Thorough understanding of information security systems, policies, and procedures.
  • •Strong leadership, analytical, and problem-solving skills with effective communication and presentation.
  • •Ability to translate research into operational tooling.
Experience:8+ yearsAI/ML securityRed teamingOffensive security
Skills:LeadershipProblem-solvingAnalytical skillsCommunicationCollaboration
Tech Stack:LLMsRAG pipelinesAPIsPluginsAgentsPythonPowerShellGoC/C++ShellEDRXDR

Company Brief

U.S. Bancorp
U.S. Bancorp is the parent company of U.S. Bank, providing consumer, business, and institutional banking services including lending, payments, treasury management, wealth management, and merchant solutions across the United States.
Industry: Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Minneapolis, United States
Founded: 1863
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