Senior AI-Native Engineer – Open-Source Cybersecurity

Filigran; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first flexibility

25 days PTO baseline

Volunteer days

Two annual in-person get-togethers

Job summary

Filigran is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead AI-Native engineering efforts in a global, open-source–minded cybersecurity context. You will define strategies, run experiments on AI coding tools, and build guardrails to ensure safe, maintainable AI-generated code.

You will collaborate with a wide engineering organization, drive adoption of AI practices, and share outcomes through talks and demos. This role is remote-first, with international collaboration and equity opportunity.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• AI-first mindset; proven transformation of software development.
• Experience deploying AI-assisted development practices.
• Hands-on familiarity with AI coding tooling landscape.
• Strong full-stack engineering background.
• Clear communicator across senior/junior engineers.
• Comfortable in remote-first, async culture; English fluency.
• Autonomy and ownership; ability to lead without direction.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the AI-Native engineering strategy and evolving practices.
• Run structured experiments evaluating AI coding tools and agents; translate findings into recommendations.
• Build guardrails and standards for maintainable, tested AI-generated code.
• Collaborate with product engineering teams to embed AI practices in workflows.
• Share learnings via internal talks, workshops, and demos.
• Be the go-to person for what is possible with AI in engineering; show outcomes.
• Stay ahead of the curve in AI tooling; surface what matters for the team.
• Contribute to shared building blocks: CI workflows, MCP servers, prompt libraries, and data handling rules.
• Contribute to external voice: blog posts, open-source, talks.

Skills

AI-Native engineering

Open-source mindset

Full-stack proficiency

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Cline

MCP servers

Job description

Filigran is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead AI-Native engineering efforts in a global, open-source–minded cybersecurity context. You will define strategies, run experiments on AI coding tools, and build guardrails to ensure safe, maintainable AI-generated code.

You will collaborate with a wide engineering organization, drive adoption of AI practices, and share outcomes through talks and demos. This role is remote-first, with international collaboration and equity opportunity.