Software Engineer II, Attack Detection
Abnormal Security1 day ago
Remote, United StatesMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$149k - $215k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build backend services and data pipelines for customer-facing security features.
- Integrate machine learning models and large language models into detection and investigation workflows.
- Develop AI agents that analyze suspicious activity and support security investigations.
- Build repeatable, agent-driven tools for model training and AI-system evaluation.
- Evaluate changes against real attack patterns and investigate missed attacks and false positives.
- Improve system reliability and performance within latency and cost limits.
- Write tested, readable code and contribute to technical designs and code reviews.
- Own defined features from design through release and monitor their production behavior.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related engineering field.
- At least 2 years of experience in software design and development.
- Experience with backend services or data-intensive applications where reliability and performance matter.
- Strong programming skills in a general-purpose language and knowledge of data structures and software design.
- Experience with automated tests and diagnosing production issues through logs and metrics.
- Ability to translate product requirements into practical designs and deliver with guidance on larger technical decisions.
- Clear technical communication and effective collaboration with engineers.
- Preferred: hands-on machine learning experience from industry, research, or substantial projects.
- Preferred: experience with large language models or AI agents, including accuracy and reliability evaluation.
- Preferred: experience with statistical evaluation of classifiers, including precision and recall.
- Preferred: experience with Python or Go.
- Preferred: experience with data pipelines or tools that make model experiments reproducible.
- Preferred: experience with cybersecurity or fraud detection.
Benefits
- The role may be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.
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About Abnormal Security
Abnormal Security builds an AI-based cloud email and SaaS security platform for enterprises, preventing phishing, business email compromise, and account takeover. Its products integrate natively with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and other business apps, delivered as a subscription service. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, the privately held company focuses on securing large organizations’ email and connected applications.