Backend Engineer, AI Security & LLM Systems

Sponsor Finder; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 154,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Tanium is seeking a Software Engineer II to build a new AI Security solution, focusing on backend engineering for high-scale, distributed systems. You will design and implement services that provide visibility and control over agentic AI across enterprise environments, with emphasis on secure design and reliable operation.

The role involves working with LLM APIs, tool-calling frameworks, MCP, and data pipelines; collaborating with product and agile teams to deliver robust backend and frontend

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field.
• 3+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience designing high-performance backend services and APIs.
• Experience with AI-powered products, LLM integrations, and tool-calling.
• Hands-on experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol) server/integration.
• Experience building retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) data pipelines.
• Backend services and web apps serving large user bases.
• Knowledge of Golang, Node.js, Python, Ruby, or Rust.
• Experience with React/TypeScript/JavaScript and front-end tech.
• Relational databases (Postgres/SQL/MySQL).
• Experience with HTTP API design and development.
• Experience with Git/Jenkins.
• Security principles knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-scale backend systems for AI security and agentic AI across environments.
• Build services using LLM APIs, tool-calling frameworks, and MCP; design RAG/data pipelines.
• Review, refactor, and debug AI-generated code with sound judgment.
• Collaborate with agile teams to ship Tanium products.
• Design data services and expose data via GraphQL for partners like Salesforce.
• Deliver higher-level services enabling product features across security, operations, and auditing.

Skills

Golang

Node.js

Python

React

TypeScript

SQL

HTTP APIs

Git/Jenkins

Education

Bachelor's in CS or related

Tools

GraphQL

MCP server

Job description

Tanium is seeking a Software Engineer II to build a new AI Security solution, focusing on backend engineering for high-scale, distributed systems. You will design and implement services that provide visibility and control over agentic AI across enterprise environments, with emphasis on secure design and reliable operation.

The role involves working with LLM APIs, tool-calling frameworks, MCP, and data pipelines; collaborating with product and agile teams to deliver robust backend and frontend