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Principal Group Software Engineering Manager

United States, Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-04 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the development and operation of offensive and defensive AI security agents, ensuring safety, governance, and responsible AI principles while building high-performing engineering teams.

Role type

Principal Group Software Engineering Manager (AI Security & Agentic Systems)

Builds

Offensive security agents, defensive agent capabilities, production-grade AI systems

Domain

Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Software engineering leadership, offensive security operations, defensive security, machine learning, LLM system evaluation, team hiring and development, technical direction, safety and governance frameworks

Preferred skills

Experience with C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Responsible AI principles, operational excellence in mission-critical environments

Technologies

C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, LLMs, Agentic Systems

Responsibilities

Drive development of offensive security agents with safety controls; lead evolution of defensive agent capabilities for security findings; partner across engineering, security, product, and platform teams; champion data-driven decision making for agent quality and safety; establish technical direction for production-grade AI systems; hire, develop, and retain exceptional talent across engineering, security, and data science; coach and empower managers and technical leads.

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship

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