<p>obert Half is seeking a Software Engineer II – AI Engineer to analyze, design, program, debug, test, implement, and support the privacy, security, and governance controls that protect generative AI technologies. This role safeguards GenAI-enabled applications, including LLM-powered workflows, RAG pipelines, plugins, skills, and autonomous agents, by embedding data protection, security guardrails, and responsible AI governance across the development lifecycle. </p><p> </p><p>This role supports SDLC documentation across all phases, with a focus on data privacy, security guardrails, governance, compliance, and risk management. It also works with users to define requirements and support applications in production. </p><p><strong>What You’ll Do</strong> </p><ul><li>Design and implement data privacy controls, including PII/PHI detection, redaction, and data minimization. </li><li>Build security guardrails, including prompt-injection defense, jailbreak prevention, and output filtering. </li><li>Establish governance for plugins, skills, and agents, including registration, approval, and lifecycle management. </li><li>Review and vet third-party plugins, skills, and agent tools for security, privacy, and compliance risks. </li><li>Define and enforce access controls, authentication, and least-privilege permissions for AI components. </li><li>Implement guardrails for autonomous agents, including action scoping, tool-use restrictions, and human-in-the-loop approval. </li><li>Apply data classification, retention, and residency policies across GenAI data flows. </li><li>Monitor AI systems for policy violations, data leakage, and anomalous plugin, skill, or agent behavior. </li><li>Maintain audit trails and logging for plugin, skill, and agent activity. </li><li>Support compliance with regulations and frameworks, including GDPR, CCPA, and the EU AI Act. </li><li>Provide Level II production support for security, privacy, and governance incidents. </li><li>Support incident response, including containment, escalation, and remediation. </li></ul>