Security Engineer - Agentic AI Defense & Platform Security

OpenAI; California (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a Security Engineer on the Agent Security Team to design and implement security frameworks, policies, and controls that safeguard OpenAI’s critical assets and enable safe deployment of agentic AI systems.

You will develop threat models, partner with the Agent Infrastructure group to fortify platforms, build production‑grade tooling, and lead efforts to advance safety monitoring pipelines at scale.

Qualifications

• Proven track record shipping secure, reliable services.
• Experience with isolation techniques and container security.
• Strong communication bridging engineering, research, and leadership.
• Experience with identity-based controls and policy enforcement.
• Familiarity with major cloud providers' security practices.

Responsibilities

• Architect security controls for agentic AI – design, implement, and iterate on identity, network, and runtime‑level defenses that integrate with the Agent Infrastructure stack.
• Build production‑grade security tooling – ship code that hardens safety monitoring pipelines across agent executions at scale.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally – work daily with Agent Infrastructure, product, research, safety, and security teams to balance security, performance, and usability.
• Influence strategy & standards – shape the long‑term Agent Security roadmap, publish best practices, and help define industry standards.

Skills

Python

Go

Rust

C/C++

Container security

Telemetry pipelines

Identity controls

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Terraform

Job description

OpenAI is seeking a Security Engineer on the Agent Security Team to design and implement security frameworks, policies, and controls that safeguard OpenAI’s critical assets and enable safe deployment of agentic AI systems.

You will develop threat models, partner with the Agent Infrastructure group to fortify platforms, build production‑grade tooling, and lead efforts to advance safety monitoring pipelines at scale.