Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
AI adoption inside SaaS companies is shifting security priorities from perimeter defense to governance of third party tools, permissions, and data movement across corporate systems. This role sits in that inflection point, focusing on how AI enabled workflows change enterprise risk rather than product security, which is increasingly relevant as SaaS teams standardise on AI assistants, connectors, and vendor platforms.
For a SaaS security career, the work builds durable capability in identity and access management, SaaS posture, and control implementation across common stacks like SSO, admin consoles, and device trust. It also adds practical exposure to cross functional security operations, where Legal, Privacy, IT, and Business Systems need implementable guardrails and audit ready evidence. The emphasis on lightweight automation and metrics aligns with how modern SaaS organisations scale security through repeatable workflows, not only manual reviews.
This role fits someone who prefers operational ownership and careful execution, and who enjoys translating policy into concrete configurations and routines. It is well suited to an early to mid career security professional looking to deepen enterprise SaaS fundamentals while developing a working understanding of AI governance in day to day tooling.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
About The Role & Team
We’re hiring an AI Security Engineer within IT Security to strengthen enterprise security controls for AI tools and AI-enabled workflows used across the company (e.g., access controls, permissions, data handling, vendor security reviews, and policy enforcement). This role is not a product/ML security engineering role; it’s focused on corporate/enterprise systems and how AI usage changes risk in those environments.
You’ll partner closely with IT, Security, Legal/Privacy, and Business Systems to ensure AI tools are used safely, compliantly, and with least privilege, without slowing teams down.
As an AI Security Engineer, you will:
Enterprise Security + IT Security
- Support day-to-day enterprise security operations across corporate systems: SaaS security posture, identity security, access reviews, device trust alignment, vulnerability management and remediation, and security guardrails.
- Help maintain and improve controls for identity and access management (Okta/SSO, group access, roles, provisioning), including periodic access reviews and least-privilege enforcement.
- Participate in vendor/tool/AI tool onboarding reviews for enterprise apps, including basic risk evaluations and tracking remediation items.
AI Governance + AI Controls
- Help implement and operate AI access controls (who can use which AI tools/features, what data is allowed, and what permissions are required).
- Review and validate AI-related permissions, configurations, and data-sharing settings in enterprise environments (e.g., workspace settings, admin consoles, connectors/integrations).
- Support AI governance requirements: help document controls, maintain inventories of AI tools, and align configurations with internal policy and Legal/Privacy guidance.
- Assist with DLP and data handling controls related to AI (what can/can’t be shared, enforcement patterns, exceptions process).
Automation + Visibility
- Build or maintain lightweight scripts/workflows to support visibility and control (e.g., access review exports, policy checks, configuration drift checks, basic alerts).
- Help create dashboards/metrics for AI tool adoption and control posture (inventory completeness, access review completion, policy compliance).
Incident Support
- Participate in incident triage as needed for enterprise/AI tool issues (e.g., over-permissioned access, suspicious sharing, misconfigurations), with guidance from senior engineers.
You'll be a great addition to the team if you have:
- 2–4 years in IT Security, Enterprise Security, Corporate Security Engineering, or Security Operations with strong enterprise systems exposure.
- Hands-on familiarity with SSO/IAM concepts (SAML/OIDC basics, SCIM provisioning fundamentals, group/role-based access).
- Comfortable doing access reviews: interpreting entitlements, spotting over-permissioning, documenting decisions, and following up with stakeholders.
- Experience supporting security controls in enterprise tooling (Google Workspace / Microsoft, Okta, device management, SaaS admin consoles).
- Some scripting/automation experience (Python, Bash, or similar) OR strong no-code automation experience with willingness to learn scripting.
- Strong attention to detail, documentation habits, and the ability to operationalize policy into repeatable processes.
Preferred, but not required
- Experience with DLP, SaaS security reviews, or third-party vendor risk processes.
- Familiarity with endpoint management/security (Kandji/Jamf/Intune), EDR tools, or device trust programs.
- Exposure to AI governance concepts (acceptable use, tool inventories, data classifications) even if informal.
- Experience partnering with Legal/Privacy or Compliance on control mapping/evidence.
Who We Are
The Company: Amplitude is filled with humble, life-long learners who are eager to help one another and the company succeed. Our values of growth mindset, ownership, and humility are core to the way we work: we’re tenacious in the face of challenges, we take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared success, and we operate from a place of empathy and openness, seeking to understand many points of view.
The Product: Amplitude is a digital analytics platform—we help companies capture data they can trust, uncover clear insights about customer behavior, and take faster action. This empowers teams to build better product experiences that drive business growth. We’re super proud of what we’ve built and continue to expand: a platform that empowers companies to thrive in the digital era.
We care about the well-being of our team: We offer competitive pay and benefits packages that reflect our commitment to the health and well-being of our Ampliteers.
Some of our benefit programs include:
- Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee Medical, Dental, Vision on select plans
- Flexible time off, paid holidays, and more
- Generous stipends to spend on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness (monthly), commuter transit/parking (monthly), learning and development (quarterly), home office equipment (annual), and much more
- Excellent Parental benefits including: 12-20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Carrot Fertility Benefits/Adoption/Surrogacy support, Back-up Child Care support
- Mental health and wellness benefits including no cost employee access to Modern Health coaching & therapy Sessions and high quality physician office experience via One Medical membership (select U.S. locations only)
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
Other fun facts about Amplitude:
- We were recognized in the Newsweek Excellence Index 2024.
- Our customers love us! They've said we're the #1 product analytics solution for 19 quarters in a row on G2.
- We care A LOT about product innovation. Fast Company called us the #3 most innovative enterprise company in the world.
- We invest in our people. We offer mentorship programs, management training, and wellness initiatives.
- We give back to our communities. We give every Ampliteer a charitable giving grant and paid volunteer time off.
- We were founded in 2012, went public via a direct listing in September 2021, and are now trading under the ticker $AMPL.
- We’re a global and fast-growing team! We have employees around the world and offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York, Vancouver, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Singapore, and Tokyo.
- Our mascot is Data Monster, who loves to chow down on numbers, charts, and graphs. Nom nom.
Amplitude provides equal employment opportunities (EEO). All applicants are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.
This role is eligible for equity, benefits and other forms of compensation.
Based on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in San Francisco Bay Area of California. Salary range: $177,000 - $266,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
