Design, implement, and monitor security controls across our environment while ensuring compliance with relevant financial industry regulations and frameworks. Serve as a key partner to IT, risk, and business teams to embed security best practices across the organization.
VPP-68 - CyberSecurity Specialist
VPP-68 – CyberSecurity Specialist
We are seeking an CyberSecurity Specialist to design, implement, and monitor security controls across our environment while ensuring compliance with relevant financial industry regulations and frameworks. Serve as a key partner to IT, risk, and business teams to embed security best practices across the organization.
Department:
Legal & Risk
Project Location(s):
United States - Hybrid
Job Type:
Contractor
Education:
Bachelor's
Who You’ll Work With
What You’ll Do
• You will work closely with product managers, data scientists, platform engineers, and client-facing teams to design, build, and deploy large language model-powered solutions.
• You will collaborate across disciplines to translate business problems into scalable AI systems that deliver measurable impact.
• Design, develop, and deploy LLM-based applications using state-of-the-art models and frameworks
• Translate ambiguous business problems into concrete AI architectures and technical solutions
• Build prompt strategies, retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, and evaluation frameworks
• Optimize model performance, cost, latency, and reliability in production environments
• Partner with product and client teams to ensure solutions are aligned with real-world use cases
• Contribute to internal best practices, tooling, and AI governance standards
What You’ll Bring
• Strong experience with Python and modern ML/AI frameworks,
• Hands-on experience working with LLMs in production environments,
• Solid understanding of data pipelines, APIs, and cloud-native architectures,
• Ability to reason clearly about trade-offs, risks, and system design,
• Strong communication skills and comfort working with non-technical stakeholders
Nice-to-Haves
• Experience with vector databases, embeddings, and semantic search,
• Familiarity with model evaluation, observability, and prompt testing frameworks,
• Experience deploying AI systems in regulated or enterprise environments
What Makes Us Great Place To Work
Vekend is a people-first organization focused on developing thoughtful products and services that create meaningful impact for our customers and communities. We are committed to fostering a collaborative, respectful, and inclusive work environment where employees are empowered to take ownership of their work, contribute ideas, and grow professionally. We strive to support flexibility and work-life balance while maintaining high standards of performance and accountability.
What Makes Us Great Place To Work
For all locations, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time compensation for this role will be determined based on competitive market data and may vary depending on geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, education, and other business considerations. Specific compensation details will be discussed during the interview process.,Vekend offers a comprehensive benefits and wellness package designed to support employees’ overall well-being, financial security, and professional growth. Eligibility and coverage are subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans and company policies.,Eligible employees have access to medical, dental, and vision insurance with company contributions toward premiums, a 401(k) retirement plan with company matching, and Paid Time Off that begins accruing on the first day of employment. We also support flexible work arrangements and opportunities for professional growth.,Benefits eligibility, coverage, and company contributions are subject to the terms of the applicable plan documents and may be modified at the company’s discretion.