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Software Engineer, Security

California, United StatesRemoteFull TimePosted 2 months ago

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Our mission is to automate coding by building the best tool for professional programmers. We are seeking a Security Software Engineer to help us ship secure products end-to-end, covering enterprise security, cloud/infrastructure, and product-embedded protections. You will build tools and features to safeguard our platform and customers. The ideal candidate is a strong software engineer with a security superpower, thinking like both a builder and an attacker. You should be comfortable moving quickly, owning problems end-to-end with limited guidance, and have experience building or scaling secure systems. You will contribute to projects like AI-augmented code review and least-privilege cloud access systems.

Engineering · Full-time · San Francisco, Remote, New York

Our mission is to automate coding. The first step in our journey is to build the best tool for professional programmers, using a combination of inventive research, design, and engineering. Our organization is very flat, and our team is small and talent dense. We particularly like people who are truth-seeking, passionate, and creative. We enjoy spirited debate, crazy ideas, and shipping code.

### About the Role

Security Software Engineers help us ship secure products end-to-end—covering enterprise security, cloud/infrastructure, and protections embedded directly in our products. You’ll build the tools and features that safeguard our platform and editor and protect our customers.

### You may be a fit if

  • You are a strong software engineer first, with security as your superpower.
  • You think like both a builder and an attacker: you anticipate vulnerabilities before they become issues.
  • You care about developer experience, building solutions that are secure and frictionless.
  • You’re comfortable moving quickly, owning problems end to end, and iterating with limited guidance.
  • You have experience building or scaling secure systems in fast-moving environments.
  • You have strong opinions on secure defaults, but can balance pragmatism with rigor.
  • You enjoy working on small, high-talent teams where impact is magnified.
  • You’re motivated by protecting developers and users, and you see security as an enabler.

### Sample projects include

  • Build AI augmented code review to get involved in important systems at the right time
  • Build a least-privilege and JIT system for cloud access that enables engineers *and* enforces least privileges.
  • Implement a safe environment for agents to engage with code
  • Implement a framework for securely handling agent manipulation of user systems (e.g., MCP tool calls and command execution).
  • Implement a paved road for preventing inappropriate data from being logged

### ing

If there appears to be a fit, we'll reach to schedule 2-3 short technicals. After, we'll schedule an onsite in our office, where you'll work on a small project, discuss ideas, and meet the team.

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