Senior Application Security Engineer

Emergent; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Emergent is building autonomous coding agents that generate, test, and deploy production apps from plain-language intent. This role focuses on securing the infrastructure that powers AI-driven software creation at global scale.

You will define security patterns, enforce guardrails, and build secure-by-default frameworks for generated code, while collaborating with product and engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years in Application Security.
• Strong coding ability in Python and JS/TS.
• Deep understanding of OWASP Top 10 and API security.
• Experience working with product and engineering teams.
• Comfort with security by design for AI-driven apps.

Responsibilities

• Define security patterns for AI-generated applications.
• Enforce guardrails across auth, data access, APIs, and business logic.
• Build frameworks for secure-by-default app generation.
• Work with AI/agent pipelines to prevent insecure code.
• Build validation layers for generated code (static + semantic).
• Detect prompt injection and adversarial input patterns.
• Own application threat modelling and risk analysis.
• Build developer-facing security primitives (auth, SDKs, gateways).
• Run red team exercises on AI-generated apps.

Skills

Application Security

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Backend systems

OWASP Top 10

API security

Product/Engineering collaboration

Threat modelling

Job description

Emergent builds autonomous coding agents that replace traditional software development by generating, testing, and deploying production applications directly from plain-language intent. Our systems run in production at global scale and are used to build millions of real applications.

Since our public launch, we've crossed $130M in ARR and grown to over 10M users across 190+ countries, who have built 12M+ applications on Emergent. We're backed by Creaegis, Claypond, Sentinel Global, Khosla Ventures, SoftBank, Google, Lightspeed, Prosus, Together, and Y Combinator.

We're solving the hard part of AI-driven software creation: correctness, reliability, security, and scale in real production systems. The team is built by repeat founders, Olympiad medalists, IIT & IIM alumni, and leaders from Google, Amazon, and Dropbox.

We're hiring builders who want ownership, speed, and impact at global scale.

The Role

Emergent runs a massive, multi-tenant, AI-driven execution environment where code is generated and executed continuously. You will secure the infrastructure that powers autonomous software creation.

What You’ll Do

Secure AI-generated applications at scale

• Define security patterns for applications generated by AI agents
• Enforce guardrails across auth, data access, APIs, and business logic
• Build frameworks to ensure secure-by-default app generation
• Work directly with AI/agent pipelines to prevent insecure code from being produced
• Build validation layers for generated code (static + semantic)
• Detect prompt injection and adversarial input patterns

Own application threat modeling

• Identify vulnerabilities in dynamic app creation flows
• Analyze risks in multi-tenant user-generated environments
• Build reusable threat models for agent-driven systems

Build developer-facing security primitives

• Auth systems, permission frameworks, secure SDKs
• Secure API gateways and rate limiting
• Input/output validation layers for LLM-driven flows

Red team AI-generated apps

• Break applications generated by Emergent agents
• Identify systemic weaknesses vs one-off bugs
• Feed learnings back into generation systems

What We’re Looking For

• 5-8 years in Application Security
• Strong coding ability (Python, JS/TS, backend systems)
• Deep understanding of:
• OWASP Top 10
• API security
• Experience working closely with product/engineering teams

What Sets You Apart

• You think in systems, not vulnerabilities
• You want to prevent insecure code from ever existing
• Experience with: AI/LLM systems

Why Emergent

• Build security for AI systems that build software
• Operate at global scale (millions of apps, millions of users)
• Work directly with founders and core engineering
• Solve problems that don't exist anywhere else yet