Lead AI Security Engineer for Agentic Systems

Fortinet; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet in Sunnyvale, CA is hiring a senior software engineer to build AI security solutions for enterprise customers. You will design and implement security controls for agentic AI systems while collaborating with Product, Engineering, and QA teams to shape architecture and drive secure, scalable delivery.

You will own production services, optimize performance, and harden security-critical components, while researching new technologies to propose innovative protections and shape the technical

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building and operating production backend services.
• Strong system design and architecture skills balancing security, scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Self-driven with proactive problem-solving and technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Build AI security solutions for enterprise customers.
• Design and implement security controls for agentic AI systems.
• Provide technical leadership across product development, working with Product, Engineering, and QA to define architecture and drive decisions.
• Develop pre-sales and post-sales tools and environments to support evaluations, deployments, troubleshooting, and integration.
• Own and operate production services, including troubleshooting, performance optimization, reliability improvements, and ongoing hardening of security-critical systems.
• Research emerging technologies and security trends to identify opportunities and develop innovative solutions.
• Drive technical strategy and product roadmap, including new feature design and architecture evolution.

Skills

Python

Go

Rust

C/C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Fortinet in Sunnyvale, CA is hiring a senior software engineer to build AI security solutions for enterprise customers. You will design and implement security controls for agentic AI systems while collaborating with Product, Engineering, and QA teams to shape architecture and drive secure, scalable delivery.

You will own production services, optimize performance, and harden security-critical components, while researching new technologies to propose innovative protections and shape the technical