Senior Python AI Engineer - Vulnerability Research & CNE

Akina Inc; Columbia (MD); Sur place; USD 241 000 - 295 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

PTO 24 days

Federal holidays 11

401k 100% vested

Healthcare fully covered

Educational assistance

Résumé du poste

Akina Inc in Columbia, MD is seeking a Software Engineer 3 to design, develop, and integrate AI-enabled capabilities for computer network exploitation and vulnerability research. You will own complex features and mentor engineers, shaping technical direction.

The role emphasizes Python, AI-driven research, and backend services with exposure to CNE workflows, sandbox analysis, and evaluation of AI outputs. A competitive package complements extensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience independently designing, implementing, testing, and delivering complex software features or subsystems.
• Proficiency in Python and building maintainable, tested software with modular design.

Responsabilités

• Design, develop, and maintain AI-enabled software and research tooling supporting CNE and vulnerability research workflows.
• Own design and delivery of complex features and subsystems, including requirements refinement, implementation, testing, deployment, and sustainment.
• Develop and integrate agentic AI harnesses that orchestrate research tools, manage execution state, collect evidence, and evaluate results.
• Build and extend sandbox-based dynamic analysis capabilities for executing and observing software, capturing runtime behavior, and reproducing vulnerabilities.
• Integrate debugging, instrumentation, fuzzing, crash analysis into automated workflows.
• Establish repeatable evaluations that measure finding validity, reproducibility, false-positive rates, and usefulness of AI-assisted analysis.
• Develop backend services, APIs, data pipelines, and UIs that make research capabilities accessible and traceable.
• Troubleshoot complex issues; improve performance, reliability, and observability.
• Lead design and code reviews, mentor engineers, and communicate progress and risks to stakeholders.

Connaissances

Python

AI-enabled research

Vulnerability research

Software design

Object-oriented programming

Linux

Git

CI/CD

REST APIs

Debugging

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

12+ years SWE experience

Outils

FastAPI

Flask

Django

PostgreSQL

REST APIs

Git

Description du poste

Akina Inc in Columbia, MD is seeking a Software Engineer 3 to design, develop, and integrate AI-enabled capabilities for computer network exploitation and vulnerability research. You will own complex features and mentor engineers, shaping technical direction.

The role emphasizes Python, AI-driven research, and backend services with exposure to CNE workflows, sandbox analysis, and evaluation of AI outputs. A competitive package complements extensive benefits.