Product Security
The engineers who secure what gets shipped. In the age of AI, that means securing not just the application, but the models, the data, and the agentic workflows that power it.
Do I need a Product Security Engineer?
If your business ships software, the answer is yes. Your developers are focused on features, not on the vulnerabilities they're introducing. A Product Security engineer embeds with your development teams to find and fix vulnerabilities before they reach production. If you're shipping AI features, they also need to understand model security, prompt injection, and the new attack surfaces that come with it.
What do they actually do?
They are your security-focused software engineers. They review code, threat model new features, automate security testing in the CI/CD pipeline, and secure your AI integrations. They build the paved roads that make the secure path the easy path for your developers. They know the difference between finding 10,000 vulnerabilities and finding the 10 that actually matter.
When should I hire one?
This is often one of the first two security hires for a product-led company, alongside a Cloud Security Engineer. If you have a team of developers shipping code to production, or you're building AI-powered features, you need a Product Security engineer.
Hiring for Product Security?
The practitioners who define this field are not on job boards. They are embedded in the communities we operate in. Let's talk about what you need.
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