About this role
Job title: Senior AI Defense Engineer
About the Role The Senior AI Defense Engineer is a technical leader responsible for securing AI in a global law firm environment. This role sets technical direction, drives delivery, and mentors colleagues to raise awareness and capabilities.
What You'll Do
- Translate emerging AI threats into practical defenses, guardrails, policy enforcement layers, monitoring and detections, adversarial test automation, and hardened environments that hold up under real attacker pressure.
- Evaluate, select, and operationalize commercial AI security solutions that meet stringent legal-sector expectations, including matter confidentiality, ethical walls, client audit requirements, data residency constraints, and contractual information technology controls.
What We're Looking For
- Strong background in AI/ML security, threat modeling, and security engineering for enterprise environments.
- Experience translating AI threat intel into defenses, delivering secure integration, and mentoring junior staff.
- Ability to operate in a legal/compliance-aware environment with confidentiality and audit requirements.