Principal Security Engineer at Sarvam AI

Bengaluru, karnataka, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

16 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

16 Dec, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Security Strategy, Architecture Design, Threat Modeling, Application Security, API Security, Vulnerability Discovery, Adversarial Testing, Cloud Security, DevSecOps, IAM, Risk Management, Data Isolation, CI/CD Integration, Emerging Threats Research, BFSI Security, Fintech Security

Industry

Software Development

Description

Principal Security Engineer Company Overview Sarvam AI is a pioneering generative AI startup headquartered in Bengaluru, India. Our mission is to make generative AI accessible and impactful for Bharat. Founded by a team of AI experts, Sarvam.ai is dedicated to developing cost-effective, high-performance AI agents tailored for the Indian market, enabling enterprises to tap into new opportunities and foster deeper customer connections. Join us in reshaping AI for India and beyond. About the Role Sarvam AI is building foundational AI infrastructure. We’re looking for a hands-on security leader who brings the rigor, threat modeling discipline, and paranoia of BFSI/Fintech Security and applies it to security AI infrastructure, platforms and products. You will own security, strategy, product security, and security research, while staying deeply technical and close to the system you're securing. You won’t be managing audits all day - you’ll be designing architectures, breaking systems and shipping fixes. What You’ll Own Security Strategy & Architecture Define and evolve Sarvam AI’s end-to-end security strategy Design secure architectures for Sarvam’s products and API platform. Apply BFSI-grade threat modeling and controls to AI infrastructure Make pragmatic risk decisions balancing research velocity and security Product & Application Security Lead threat modeling for AI Products, APIs and Data Systems Own application and API security, including auth, access control and data isolation Drive vulnerability discovery, remediation and verification Systems and Processes Setup systems and process to proactively find and validate vulnerabilities across products and infrastructure Perform targeted adversarial testing and red-teaming Research emerging threats relevant to AI systems and enterprise use cases Cloud & DevSecOps Secure cloud infrastructure, IAM and secrets Integrate security checks into CI/CD without slowing teams down Improve detection and response readiness You would be a good fit if You have hands on experience working on securing enterprise and BFSI/Fintech infrastructure Have participated in CTFs in web, crypto, pwn or mixed categories Has participated in bug bounty programs, especially private programs for fintech, cloud or infra companies

Responsibilities

You will define and evolve Sarvam AI’s end-to-end security strategy and design secure architectures for products and API platforms. Additionally, you will lead threat modeling and drive vulnerability discovery and remediation.