5 months ago
Palo Alto, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$180k - $440k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build AI-driven security tooling and agents using Grok to identify, analyze, and mitigate vulnerabilities.
- Own security problems from identification through end-to-end design and implementation.
- Drive technical decisions and champion secure engineering practices across the organization.
- Build and secure scalable systems for Kubernetes-based platform infrastructure and customer-facing applications.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience in fast-paced, high-impact environments.
- Expertise in Python, Rust, or Go and a focus on clean, efficient code.
- Experience building scalable tools or systems from scratch and designing backend architectures.
- Familiarity with Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, SAST/DAST, Docker, Kubernetes, SBOM management, and dependency scanning.
- Experience or interest in developing AI-driven security tools and securing cloud-native infrastructure.
- Security certifications such as CISA, CRISC, CGEIT, Security+, or CASP+ are preferred.
- Ability to drive technical decisions, influence security practices, collaborate cross-functionally, and meet applicable ITAR work authorization requirements.
Benefits
- Equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, discounts, and other perks.
- The role is subject to ITAR work authorization requirements.
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