Remote Software Engineer II, Attack Detection & ML

F5 Remote Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 149,000 - 215,000; Full time

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Job summary

Abnormal AI, a remote-friendly security startup, is seeking a Software Engineer II to help build backend services and data pipelines for customer-facing security features. You will integrate ML models and AI agents into detection and investigation workflows, collaborating with ML engineers and software engineers to ship production-grade software for email security.

The role emphasizes reliable, scalable design, writing tests, and owning features end-to-end, with a focus on reducing false

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IS or related field.
• At least 2 years of software design and development experience.
• Experience with backend services or data-intensive apps.
• Strong programming skills and knowledge of data structures.
• Experience with automated tests and diagnosing production issues.
• Ability to translate requirements into design with guidance.
• Clear technical communication and collaboration with other engineers.

Responsibilities

• Build backend services and data pipelines for customer-facing security features.
• Integrate machine learning models and large language models into detection workflows.
• Develop AI agents that analyze suspicious activity and support security investigations.
• Build tools that make model training repeatable and agent-driven.
• Evaluate changes against real attack patterns and investigate misses and false positives.
• Improve system reliability and performance within latency and cost limits.
• Write tested, readable code and contribute to technical designs and code reviews.
• Own well-defined features from design through release and monitor their behavior in production.

Skills

Backend services

Data pipelines

Python

Go

ML experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Job description

Abnormal AI, a remote-friendly security startup, is seeking a Software Engineer II to help build backend services and data pipelines for customer-facing security features. You will integrate ML models and AI agents into detection and investigation workflows, collaborating with ML engineers and software engineers to ship production-grade software for email security.

The role emphasizes reliable, scalable design, writing tests, and owning features end-to-end, with a focus on reducing false