Remote Lead Engineer - AI Security & Attack Simulation

Jobot; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote within US

401(k)

Unlimited PTO

Learning & development funds

Home-office stipend

Job summary

Jobot is seeking a hands-on Lead Engineer, AI Attack Simulation to drive the architecture and execution of an enterprise-ready AI security platform. You will translate adversarial AI research into scalable security testing capabilities while mentoring engineers and collaborating with Product Management and Security Research.

The role blends advanced software engineering with AI and cybersecurity, offering high-visibility leadership and a fully remote U.S. work arrangement.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Significant technical leadership experience with complex production systems.
• Strong backend and distributed systems engineering background.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture and technical direction for AI attack‑simulation technology
• Build scalable systems that translate adversarial AI techniques into production security capabilities
• Design agentic workflows, tool integrations, execution systems, guardrails, and evaluation frameworks
• Partner with Product Management and Security Research on strategy and roadmap development
• Develop AI‑first engineering workflows across research, prototyping, implementation, testing, and release
• Remain hands‑on with critical architecture and complex engineering challenges
• Lead technical reviews and establish engineering best practices
• Improve reliability, security, observability, and overall product quality
• Mentor engineers and help develop senior technical talent
• Help engineers take greater ownership of customer problems and product outcomes

Skills

Go/Golang

Python/TypeScript

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

AI security

Mentoring

Product mindset

Leadership

Security testing

Red teaming

Education

BS in CS/CE

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Docker

CI/CD

Job description

Jobot is seeking a hands-on Lead Engineer, AI Attack Simulation to drive the architecture and execution of an enterprise-ready AI security platform. You will translate adversarial AI research into scalable security testing capabilities while mentoring engineers and collaborating with Product Management and Security Research.

The role blends advanced software engineering with AI and cybersecurity, offering high-visibility leadership and a fully remote U.S. work arrangement.