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Principal Software Engineer

Santa Clara, CALIFORNIA, us💼 Full-time💰 $221,200–$221,200🗓 2026-09-04 → 2026-09-26

Core

Define technical vision and architecture for AI-native security solutions, leveraging frontier models and agentic AI to solve complex cybersecurity problems.

Role type

Principal Software Engineer (AI/ML Security)

Builds

Scalable, world-class AI-powered security solutions and platforms

Domain

Cybersecurity + AI/ML

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

AI/ML system design, agentic architectures, distributed systems, software architecture, Python, cloud-native platforms, API design, model evaluation, observability

Preferred skills

Cybersecurity domain expertise (threat detection, vulnerability management), Java/Go, AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf), Kubernetes, DevOps

Technologies

LLMs, foundation models, agentic frameworks, RAG, embeddings, vector technologies, Kubernetes, cloud platforms

Responsibilities

Define technical architecture and engineering standards, partner with product and security teams to identify high-value problems, champion AI-native engineering practices, mentor senior engineers, represent technology to executives and customers

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with significant leadership responsibility

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