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Staff Software Engineer (Agent Security)

At a glance

Salary
Not published
Location
Santa Clara, CA, United States
Work type
On-site
Level
Staff
Posted
2w ago
Verified live
today
Experience
3+ years
Education
Bachelor's, or equivalent experience
Skills
Tool useMCPPythonGoRustC++
Filed under
AI Agents

How the pay compares

This posting doesn't publish pay. 124 of the 167 Staff AI Agents roles in the United States on this board do: the middle half pay $230k–$290k, with a median of $261k.

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Job description

Responsibility

  • Build AI security solutions for enterprise customers.
  • Design and implement security controls for agentic AI systems, including agents, tools, and agent-to-agent interactions.
  • Work cross-functionally with PM and QA teams to deliver secure and scalable solutions.
  • Develop pre-sales and post-sales tools and environments to support customer evaluations, deployments, troubleshooting, and integration.
  • Research emerging technologies and security trends to identify new opportunities and develop innovative solutions.

Requirements

  • Strong software engineering skills in Python or Go, or in a systems language such as Rust or C/C++.
  • Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 3+ years of backend development experience, including cloud-native infrastructure, networking, and building reliable services at scale.
  • Solid understanding of application and network protocols, such as HTTP, gRPC, and WebSocket, and/or hands-on experience with reverse proxies, API gateways, or identity-aware proxies.
  • Self-drive and proactive with strong problem-solving and debugging skills and a focus on delivering high-quality solutions.

Strong Plus

  • Hands-on experience with the agentic AI ecosystem, including MCP, tool calling, and agent frameworks.
  • Experience with LLM and agent security, including areas such as prompt injection, tool poisoning, jailbreaks, and agent security controls.
  • Background or professional experience in cybersecurity, particularly application security, network security, identity, or API security.

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