Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Security)

Pantera Capital; United States; On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan

Equity as part of compensation package

Job summary

A leading financial technology firm is seeking a hands-on Software Engineer to enhance their security operations. This role involves building and improving software and automation to bolster security measures. The ideal candidate will have over 4 years of experience in software engineering with a focus on security-related tools, proficiency in languages like Python, Go, or TypeScript, and experience with threat modeling. The position offers a competitive salary of $200K - $300K and the flexibility of remote work.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a software engineer with a focus on security-related tools.
• Proficiency in at least one major programming language.
• Practical experience with threat modeling and secure design.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain software and automation for detection and response.
• Implement internal AI agents for ongoing security tasks.
• Develop workflow systems for vulnerability management and bug bounty.

Skills

Building security-related tools

Proficiency in Python, Go, or TypeScript

Experience with security systems integration

Threat modeling

Cross-functional teamwork

Job description

Location

San Francisco, Remote (United States)

Employment Type

Full time

Department

Security

Compensation

• $200K – $300K

For Full Time, US-based applicants:

Equity: In addition to the base salary, equity may be part of the total compensation package.

Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Includes a 401(k) plan.

Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

About the Role

Perplexity is seeking a hands‑on Software Engineer to build and evolve the software, automations, and systems that power our security operations. This role focuses on engineering security tools and internal AI‑driven agents that improve detection and response, vulnerability management, and the overall security posture of our products and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain software and automation that improves our detection and response program, including alert enrichment, triage workflows, and investigation tooling.
• Implement and enhance internal AI agents and security bots that assist with monitoring, investigations, reporting, and other security operation tasks.
• Develop and operate systems and workflows that support the bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure program, including intake, triage, prioritization, and remediation tracking.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to threat model new features and systems, propose mitigations, and add guardrails into designs and implementations.
• Contribute to secure‑by‑default libraries, services, and patterns that make it easy for teams to build secure features.
• Integrate security signals from cloud, endpoints, SaaS, and applications into cohesive pipelines and data models that support detection and analysis.
• Build automation to reduce manual work in incident response, containment, and remediation.
• Collaborate with security engineers and other software engineers to review designs and code, and to continuously improve our security tooling and platforms.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a software engineer with significant time spent building security‑related tools, platforms, or automations, or in a security engineering role with strong software development responsibilities.
• Proficiency in at least one major programming language (such as Python, Go, or TypeScript) and experience building production services, CLIs, or internal tools.
• Experience integrating with security‑relevant systems such as logging pipelines, SIEMs, EDR, cloud APIs, or identity platforms.
• Practical experience with threat modeling, secure design, or application security reviews for services or features.
• Experience operating or contributing to bug bounty or vulnerability management programs is a plus.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and modern SaaS environments.
• Ability to work closely with cross‑functional teams, own projects end‑to‑end, and ship pragmatic, high‑impact improvements.
• Bonus: Experience designing or improving AI‑powered agents or automation used for security operations.

Compensation Range: $200K - $300K