Software Engineer, Security

<p style="min-height:1.5em">Our mission is to automate coding. The first step in our journey is to build the best tool for professional programmers, using a combination of inventive research, design, and engineering. Our organization is very flat, and our team is small and talent dense. We particularly like people who are truth-seeking, passionate, and creative. We enjoy spirited debate, crazy ideas, and shipping code.</p><h2><strong>About the Role</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">Security Software Engineers help us ship secure products end-to-end—covering enterprise security, cloud/infrastructure, and protections embedded directly in our products. You’ll build the tools and features that safeguard our platform and editor and protect our customers.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>You may be a fit if</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You are a strong software engineer first, with security as your superpower.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You think like both a builder and an attacker: you anticipate vulnerabilities before they become issues.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You care about developer experience, building solutions that are secure and frictionless.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You’re comfortable moving quickly, owning problems end to end, and iterating with limited guidance.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You have experience building or scaling secure systems in fast-moving environments.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You have strong opinions on secure defaults, but can balance pragmatism with rigor.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You enjoy working on small, high-talent teams where impact is magnified.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You’re motivated by protecting developers and users, and you see security as an enabler.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p></li></ul><h2><strong>Sample projects include</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build AI augmented code review to get involved in important systems at the right time</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build a least-privilege and JIT system for cloud access that enables engineers <em>and</em> enforces least privileges.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Implement a safe environment for agents to engage with code</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Implement a framework for securely handling agent manipulation of user systems (e.g., MCP tool calls and command execution).</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Implement a paved road for preventing inappropriate data from being logged</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>Applying</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">If there appears to be a fit, we'll reach to schedule 2-3 short technicals. After, we'll schedule an onsite in our office, where you'll work on a small project, discuss ideas, and meet the team.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">#LI-DNI</p>