CareerPlan

Senior Software Engineer, Agent Policy Fabric

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$152k–$242k2026-10-21 → 2026-11-10

Core

Building and operating the Agent Policy Fabric (APF), an enterprise governance layer for AI agents that combines signed policy, runtime verification, and audit records.

Role type

Senior Software Engineer (Security/Policy Infrastructure)

Builds

Production software for policy verification, runtime integration, and conformance testing within the APF system.

Domain

AI Agent Governance, Security Engineering, Distributed Systems

Required skills

Systems software development, Backend services, Distributed systems, Security engineering, Policy infrastructure, API design, Integration, Error handling, Linux, CI/CD workflows

Preferred skills

Policy engines (OPA/Rego, Cedar), Signed artifacts (Sigstore, TUF), AI-agent runtimes, gRPC/protobuf, Property testing, Fuzzing

Technologies

Rust, Go, C++, Python, Linux, gRPC, protobuf, OPA, Sigstore, TUF

Responsibilities

Implement policy-verification features and authorization APIs, Translate canonical policy into runtime-specific rules, Develop runtime integrations with OpenShell, Build fixtures and property/fuzz tests, Add observability and debug reliability issues, Write design documents and participate in code reviews

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC