Staff AI Engineer

About the Role: SecurityScorecard is building AI capabilities that change how security professionals understand and act on risk. We are looking for a Staff AI Engineer to lead that work. This is the role for the engineer who needs no scaffolding. You identify the problem, design the system, build it, ship it, and improve it — and you bring others along. You use AI‑native tools not as a novelty but as a genuine force multiplier, moving at a pace that used to require a full team. You have strong product instincts and are comfortable operating with the ownership and ambiguity of a founding‑team environment within an established company. What You’ll Do Lead the design and delivery of major AI‑powered product initiatives from concept through production, owning the full software development lifecycle. Define the technical architecture for AI systems at SecurityScorecard: LLM pipelines, agentic workflows, retrieval infrastructure, and evaluation frameworks. Set the standard for how the engineering organization builds with AI, including development practices, tooling choices, and quality bars. Use Cursor, ClaudeCode, and AI‑native development tools as core instruments, and model what high‑velocity, high‑quality AI‑augmented engineering looks like for the team. Collaborate directly with product leadership and the CTO organization to shape the AI product roadmap. Drive architecture reviews, establish cross‑team engineering standards, and elevate the technical level of the teams you work with. Identify and eliminate bottlenecks in how AI features get built, tested, and shipped across the organization. Operate with Staff‑level ownership: you see the whole problem, not just your part of it. Required Skills and Experience 7+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of leading complex, high‑impact technical projects end‑to‑end. Demonstrated ability to operate independently across the full product development lifecycle, from problem definition through production operations. 3+ years building and shipping AI‑powered product features in production, including LLM integration, agentic systems, or intelligent automation. Strong product instincts: you think about user problems and business outcomes, not just technical implementation. Proficiency in TypeScript and strong backend engineering fundamentals with experience in distributed systems at scale. Fluency with AI‑native development workflows (Cursor, ClaudeCode, or equivalent) as a primary engineering practice, not an experiment. Cloud infrastructure experience (AWS preferred) and comfort with the full production stack. Exceptional communication: able to drive alignment across product, engineering, and executive stakeholders. Nice to Have Prior experience in a Staff or Principal engineering role with cross‑team technical influence. Background in cybersecurity, threat intelligence, or enterprise risk products. Experience building and operating agentic AI systems, multi‑agent orchestration, or LLM evaluation infrastructure. Track record of defining engineering standards or leading technical strategy at the organizational level. Experience in high‑growth, SeriesC/D+ companies where engineering velocity and quality both matter. Compensation and Benefits The estimated total compensation range for this position is $200,000 – $240,000 (base plus bonus). Additional benefits include stock options, health benefits, unlimited PTO, parental leave, tuition reimbursements, and more. SecurityScorecard is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and embraces diversity. We believe that our team is strengthened through hiring and retaining employees with diverse backgrounds, skill sets, ideas, and perspectives. We make hiring decisions based on merit and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex or gender (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, disability status or any other protected category in accordance with applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, in accordance with applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io. Any information you submit to SecurityScorecard as part of your application will be processed in accordance with the Company’s privacy policy and applicable law. #J-18808-Ljbffr