Software Security Engineer, Labs

Responsibilities

• Own Security Labs projects end to end, including scoping, prototyping, testing against real workloads, handoff, or documented exit.
• Build novel security infrastructure involving isolated clusters, attestation chains, hypervisors, runtimes, and verification tooling.
• Work with research and infrastructure teams to test proposed systems and document limitations.
• Convert experimental findings into technical writeups and costed contingency plans.
• Help select future security bets and influence broader security practices.

Requirements

• Care deeply about the security implications of advanced AI.
• Have deep expertise in at least one area such as firmware or hardware security, applied cryptography, OS/kernel/hypervisor internals, formal methods, reverse engineering, exploit development, or high-assurance systems.
• Have independently built and shipped systems, maintained a relied-upon open-source project, founded a company or research group, or produced influential research.
• Have demonstrated ownership of self-selected problems, cross-domain work, and difficult prototypes or experiments.
• Write clearly and adapt decisions based on evidence while prioritizing defensive security.
• Be a strong programmer with Python plus at least one of Rust, Go, or C/C++, and be able to build real infrastructure.
• Preferred: experience with airgapped or high-side environments, offensive security or vulnerability research, ML infrastructure, accelerator hardware, or rapid-iteration environments.

Benefits

• Annual compensation is listed as $320,000—$485,000 USD.
• Visa sponsorship is offered, with reasonable-effort and role/candidate limitations, supported by an immigration lawyer.
• Hybrid policy requires staff to work from an office at least 25% of the time.
• Benefits include competitive compensation, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and office collaboration space.