Security Software Engineer: AI-Powered Vulnerability Ops

Socket.dev; Washington; Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 242,000; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA's Vulnerability Operations organization is hiring a Security Software Engineer in Washington state to own production responsibilities on an AI-powered vulnerability operations platform.

You'll work on Python/FastAPI backends, React frontends, and SQL data models, while improving scan coverage and data trust for tens of thousands of repositories and live apps.

Join a small, fast-moving team, with equity and benefits and the opportunity to grow in security and agent-based tooling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 1–3 years of software engineering experience (internships count), with solid Python fundamentals.
• Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases.
• Comfort in a Linux/Git environment and a willingness to debug across unfamiliar systems.
• Interest in security — you don't need to be a security expert yet, but you should want to become one.
• Strong ownership instincts: you follow problems to root cause and communicate clearly along the way.

Responsibilities

• Supporting day-to-day operations of our vulnerability management hub and its two AI scanning engines: monitoring scan fleets and worker queues, investigating stuck or failed scans, and shipping fixes.

Skills

Python

Git

Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience

Tools

SQL

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

ArgoCD

OpenShift

Vault

Job description

NVIDIA's Vulnerability Operations organization is hiring a Security Software Engineer in Washington state to own production responsibilities on an AI-powered vulnerability operations platform.

You'll work on Python/FastAPI backends, React frontends, and SQL data models, while improving scan coverage and data trust for tens of thousands of repositories and live apps.

Join a small, fast-moving team, with equity and benefits and the opportunity to grow in security and agent-based tooling.