Security Engineer

San Francisco
Full-time
Visa Sponsorship

About the role

Security Engineer

LiteLLM is the world's most popular AI Gateway, trusted by top companies like Adobe, Netflix, and NASA. Our platform empowers developers with secure, reliable access to LLMs and adjacent services. We're searching for a Security Engineer to proactively protect LiteLLM at both the application and CI/CD levels.

About The Role

You will own LiteLLM’s security posture across application and supply chain domains. Your mandate is to ensure zero critical or high vulnerabilities and to proactively identify and neutralize attack vectors before they become risks. You’ll oversee application-level security, maintain secure CI/CD processes, and focus on offensive security improvements.

Responsibilities

  • Own all aspects of application-level security and maintain zero critical or high vulnerabilities

  • Proactively identify, assess, and remediate potential attack vectors across the platform

  • Protect LiteLLM by actively hunting vulnerabilities and ensuring robust defenses

  • Oversee CI/CD security and ensure secure release processes with zero supply chain incidents

  • Collaborate cross-functionally to embed security throughout development and deployment

  • Continuously improve and adapt security practices to address emerging threats

What We're Looking For

  • Experience at a startup (Seed to Series D) with a willingness to wear multiple hats

  • Strong background in security engineering and hands-on offensive or white-hat hacking

  • Demonstrated experience with application and CI/CD security

  • Security-related projects showcased on your resume, GitHub, or similar

  • Passion for proactive, offensive security

  • Evidence of winning past CTFs

Why Join LiteLLM?

  • Own the security mandate at a high-impact technical company

  • Fast-paced environment with deep technical ownership

  • Competitive salary and benefits

About LiteLLM

LiteLLM is a Python SDK and Proxy Server enabling seamless calls to 100+ LLM APIs in the OpenAI format, trusted by industry leaders worldwide.

Ready to secure LiteLLM’s future? Apply now!

About LiteLLM

Call every LLM API like it's OpenAI [100+ LLMs]

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Job details

Salary

$200,000 - $230,000

Location

San Francisco

Experience

0+ years

Company

NameLiteLLM
IndustryB2B
Team Size20

Funding

Total raised

$1.6M

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator
GGravity Fund
Pioneer Fund

Founders

Krrish Dholakia

Krrish Dholakia

LinkedIn
Ishaan Jaffer

Ishaan Jaffer

LinkedIn

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.