Vaco Recruiter Services
Montreal (Administrative Region) / Global
Montreal (Administrative Region) / Global
Job Description – Senior Application Security Developer (Python & AI Security)
Position Overview
We are seeking a Senior Application Security Developer with strong Python development expertise and hands-on experience in Application Security and AI/LLM Security .
This is a development-focused role for someone who can build, automate, and integrate security capabilities into enterprise applications and CI/CD pipelines, with a particular focus on leveraging AI to improve vulnerability detection, prioritization, analysis, and remediation.
Must-Have Requirements
Strong hands-on Python development experience, including API development, scripting, automation, and integration.
Strong experience with Application Security (AppSec) and secure software development practices.
Experience integrating and automating security tooling within CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines .
Experience applying AI/LLM technologies to Application Security , including:
AI-assisted SAST and SCA
Secrets scanning
Vulnerability prioritization
Exploitability and reachability analysis
Attack path analysis
Automated remediation
Hands-on knowledge of LLMs, AI agents and RAG architectures .
Understanding of prompt security, AI model security, AI guardrails, runtime protection, and model lifecycle security .
Experience developing or integrating AI-powered security tooling and capabilities .
Strong understanding of Cloud Security and modern cloud-native application architectures.
Key Responsibilities
Develop Python-based security applications, APIs, automation, and integrations .
Build and enhance AppSec capabilities across the software development lifecycle.
Integrate SAST, SCA, secrets scanning, and vulnerability management tooling into development workflows.
Develop AI-assisted capabilities for vulnerability analysis, prioritization, exploitability assessment, and remediation .
Build security controls and guardrails for LLM and AI-enabled applications .
Support the implementation of AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) and AI asset inventory capabilities.
Automate security processes and integrate security capabilities into CI/CD pipelines .
Contribute to AI security standards, ML SecOps practices, and secure AI development guidelines .
Good-to-Have
Java development experience.
Experience building scalable, self-service security platforms for development teams.
Experience with cloud-native security and containerized environments.
Experience building or integrating enterprise AI/LLM security solutions .
Experience integrating APIs for AI models (OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar) Ability to translate security requirements into automated AI workflows
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Montreal (Administrative Region) / Global
Montreal (Administrative Region) / Global
Montreal (Administrative Region) / Global
Montreal (Administrative Region) / Global
Montreal (Administrative Region) / Global
Montreal (Administrative Region) / Global