Software Engineer, Security Agents
$0k - $415k • Remote • United States • FullTime
Posted 1mo ago
Job Location
United States
Tech Stack
Remote Work Policy
Fully remote
Employment Type
FullTime
Categories
AI Agent Engineer
About the job
Cohere is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the North Security team and build AI agents that revolutionize enterprise security. This role focuses on creating autonomous systems to handle complex, critical security tasks for practitioners. You will develop intelligent systems that empower security teams by building autonomous agents for alert triage, secure code reviews, threat modeling, and vulnerability assessment. The position involves developing agent orchestration systems, designing and implementing agent security controls for safe interaction with sensitive data, and creating the necessary security infrastructure for high-trust environments. You will ship production-ready agent capabilities, research novel security patterns for AI agent systems, and conduct security testing.
Responsibilities
- Build autonomous security agents for alert triage, secure code reviews, threat modeling, and vulnerability assessment.
- Develop agent orchestration systems to automate repetitive security tasks.
- Design and implement agent security controls for safe interaction with sensitive enterprise data.
- Create security infrastructure for agents operating in high-trust environments.
- Ship production-ready agent capabilities that run efficiently in resource-constrained environments.
- Research and implement novel security patterns for AI agent systems.
- Conduct security testing of agents and the platform.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of shipping user-facing security features.
- Strong Python development skills with significant production experience.
- Experience building or working with autonomous systems, AI agents, or intelligent automation.
- Solid understanding of security principles including session management, authentication, authorization, and secure coding practices.
- Ability to think about security at multiple layers: application security, agent behavior security, and infrastructure security.
- Comfortable working across the full stack and diving into unfamiliar codebases.
- Ability to adapt to evolving priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Excitement about the intersection of AI/ML and security engineering.
Benefits
- Weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent.
- Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget for mental health.
- RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme.
- 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months.
- Annual enrichment benefits (Arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, workspace improvement).
- Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching.
- 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days).
- Budget for traveling to other offices if remote.
- Annual company offsite.
- $500 home office stipend.