Senior Backend Engineer, Autonomous Defense
Core
Build the production runtime, orchestration, and tool layer for autonomous AI agents that perform defensive security operations across customer environments.
Role type
Senior Backend Engineer (Autonomous Defense Platform)
Builds
The NodeZero platform runtime, agent execution engine, connector framework, and safe-change pipeline for autonomous pentesting.
Domain
Cybersecurity / Autonomous Defense / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Distributed systems design, Python/Go/TypeScript, SQL, Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), Container orchestration (Kubernetes), GraphQL, ETL pipelines, Observability (distributed tracing)
Preferred skills
Agentic/LLM-backed systems, Durable execution (Temporal), Multi-tenant isolation, Third-party API integration, Security control planes (EDR/SIEM), Graph databases (Neo4j)
Responsibilities
Build agent execution runtime with checkpointing and idempotency; Design tool layer with server-side authorization; Build connector framework for security control planes; Implement safe-change pipeline with simulation and rollback; Extend tenant isolation for write actions; Develop ETL and GraphQL features; Instrument distributed tracing and cost accounting; Partner with AI researchers to ship prototypes to production.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
