Application Security Engineer

Overview

As an Application Security Engineer, you will help Autodesk design, build, deploy, and maintain secure products, with a focus on AI-powered products, Large Language Model (LLM) applications, AI agents, and AI-assisted workflows. You will partner with Product, Engineering, Platform, and Security teams to identify and mitigate security risks, develop scalable security tooling, and improve product security practices.

What you'll do

• Conduct and facilitate threat modeling sessions with Engineering teams to identify assets, trust boundaries, attack paths, security risks, and appropriate mitigations for new and evolving product capabilities.
• Threat model AI and Large Language Model (LLM)-powered systems, including agentic workflows, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, tool and plugin integrations, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.
• Evaluate AI systems for security risks such as prompt injection, data leakage, excessive agency, insecure output handling, and inappropriate data access.
• Develop and maintain Autodesk's AI security guidance, reference architectures, and secure design patterns using established frameworks such as the OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model Applications and MITRE ATLAS.
• Perform security reviews and hands-on testing of AI capabilities, including adversarial prompt testing and validation of security guardrails, permissions, and data access controls.
• Develop automation and tooling that scale threat modeling and AI security reviews, including templates, intake workflows, analysis scripts, and LLM-assisted tools.
• Use AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Claude Code to accelerate security tooling development while helping teams adopt these technologies securely.
• Track findings from threat models and security reviews through remediation, partnering with Product and Engineering teams to implement practical, risk-based solutions.
• Contribute to technical documentation, training, and security best practices that help developers design and build secure AI-enabled products.
• Collaborate with developers, security professionals, and cross-functional stakeholders to continuously improve Autodesk's product security practices.
• Apply application security principles and threat modeling methodologies to identify and mitigate risks across modern software systems.
• Analyze security challenges using structured problem-solving approaches and established security practices.
• Take ownership of assigned security reviews, tooling, and remediation activities while seeking guidance on unfamiliar or highly complex situations.
• Develop practical automation and tooling that improve the efficiency and scalability of security processes.
• Communicate security risks and recommendations clearly to security and engineering audiences.
• Incorporate feedback from experienced team members to continuously strengthen technical and security expertise.
• Contribute to documentation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement across the Product Security organization.

What you'll need

• Foundational understanding of application security principles and secure software design.
• Familiarity with threat modeling concepts and methodologies such as Spoofing, Tampering, Repudiation, Information Disclosure, Denial of Service, and Elevation of Privilege (STRIDE), data flow diagrams, and attack trees.
• Working knowledge of how Large Language Model (LLM)-based applications are designed and developed, including an understanding of their unique security risks.
• Ability to develop automation and security tooling using Python, Go, or an equivalent programming language.
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) or coding agents as part of a software development workflow.
• Familiarity with modern software development practices, including Git-based version control and Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD).
• Strong ownership, curiosity, problem-solving skills, and willingness to learn in a collaborative environment.

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience performing threat modeling or security testing for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) systems.
• Experience with AI red teaming or adversarial security testing.
• Experience developing tools or integrations using Large Language Model (LLM) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), agent frameworks, or Model Context Protocol (MCP).
• Familiarity with AI security frameworks such as the OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model Applications, MITRE ATLAS, or the National Institute of Standards and Technology Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (NIST AI RMF).
• Experience working with cloud-native or containerized environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with developers and security stakeholders.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, India.
• This role may require in-person onboarding and/or in-person ID verification.
• Work includes collaboration with Product, Engineering, Platform, and Security teams.