Senior AI Security Engineer—End-to-End, Remote-First

Sophos Group; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Sophos is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own end-to-end product development for AI security initiatives. You’ll build AI-powered products across the stack—frontend, backend, and APIs—driving architecture decisions with high autonomy and strong engineering judgment.

You’ll define problems without waiting for specs, collaborate when needed, and ship scalable solutions that empower real user workflows while leveraging LLMs and AI tooling to accelerate delivery.

Qualifications

• , 4+ years engineering across frontend + backend
• Experience with AI-powered development (LLMs, agents, automation)
• Ability to work with minimal specs and high autonomy

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end product development from idea to production
• Build and ship AI-powered security products across frontend, backend, and APIs
• Develop scalable, high-quality interfaces and systems for real user workflows
• Define problems and make decisions with minimal guidance
• Collaborate when needed, but operate with lean ownership and autonomy
• Drive adoption and impact based on real usage and metrics
• Leverage LLMs and AI tooling to accelerate development
• Continuously improve systems, code quality, and developer workflows

Skills

End-to-end prod dev

AI-powered development

High agency

Frontend + Backend

LLMs & AI tooling

Tools

LLMs

APIs

AI tooling

Job description

Sophos is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own end-to-end product development for AI security initiatives. You’ll build AI-powered products across the stack—frontend, backend, and APIs—driving architecture decisions with high autonomy and strong engineering judgment.

You’ll define problems without waiting for specs, collaborate when needed, and ship scalable solutions that empower real user workflows while leveraging LLMs and AI tooling to accelerate delivery.