Security Engineer

Recruiter
Decagon
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Salary
USD 175,000.00 - 240,000.00 per year
Posted
10 Jan 2025
Closes
09 Feb 2025
Ref
3138092184624408371
Employer Sector
Engineering & Electronics
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
About Decagon:

Decagon is building the most advanced conversational AI agents for the enterprise. Since starting the company, we've been on a tear, winning over customers like Duolingo, Notion, Rippling, Eventbrite, Webflow, BILT and many more. Our AI agents provide a human-like customer support experience that enables enterprises to better serve their customers and efficiently manage their customer experience organizations.

We've raised $100M in total funding from Bain Capital Ventures, Accel, a16z, BOND Capital, A*, Elad Gil, and notable angels, including the founders of Box, Airtable, Rippling, Okta, Lattice, and Klaviyo.

About the Role:

We're looking for a Security Engineer to work with the founding team on building a category-defining AI product and scale it to massive enterprises and high-growth startups alike.

In this role, you will be responsible for building and maintaining the security infrastructure that protects our AI systems and enterprise customer data. Working closely with our founding team, you'll establish security best practices and frameworks as we scale our category-defining AI product.

You will be at the forefront of LLMs and AI Agents, tackling unique challenges associated with scaling and deploying AI applications.

You may be a good fit if you:
  • Have 3+ years of experience identifying and mitigating security vulnerabilities within software applications through building security tools, code reviews, penetration testing, and security assessments
  • Take ownership of problems from start to finish and are eager to learn whatever you need to succeed
  • Are passionate about ensuring secure coding practices are integrated throughout the software development lifecycle, preventing security risks before they emerge
  • You provide security guidance to developers and other stakeholders, fostering a culture of security awareness within the organization
Even better if you:
  • Have experience red-teaming AI products
  • Have been a startup founder or an early-stage engineer
Benefits:
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Take what you need vacation policy
  • Daily lunches, dinners and snacks in the office to keep you at your best