Software Engineer

Obiguard; United States; Hybrid; USD 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Obiguard seeks a software engineer to build detectors for inspecting AI prompts, responses, and tool calls in production environments.

You will focus on reducing latency, fixing issues in deployed systems, and collaborating directly with customers to debug incidents and support deployments. A strong emphasis on security tooling and governance will influence everyday tasks. This role is based in Kuala Lumpur with a remote-friendly setup and occasional in-person attendance at the local office.

Qualifications

• Based in Kuala Lumpur, with authorization to work in Malaysia.
• Software engineering ability suited to building and operating production systems.
• Willingness to work remotely within the Kuala Lumpur area and attend the local office when needed.

Responsibilities

• Design and ship detectors for inspecting AI prompts, responses, and tool calls.
• Improve the performance and latency of the inspection layer.
• Work directly with customers to debug production incidents and support deployments.
• Contribute to security and infrastructure tooling used to govern AI systems.
• Support active customer pilots, which may involve concentrated periods of work.

Skills

Software engineering

Production systems

Remote collaboration

Job description

Role overview

Build software for inspecting and governing AI requests in production environments. The role focuses on developing detection capabilities, improving request latency, and helping customers investigate issues that arise during deployment and operation.

Responsibilities

• Design and ship detectors for inspecting AI prompts, responses, and tool calls.
• Improve the performance and latency of the inspection layer.
• Work directly with customers to debug production incidents and support deployments.
• Contribute to security and infrastructure tooling used to govern AI systems.
• Support active customer pilots, which may involve concentrated periods of work.

Requirements

• Based in Kuala Lumpur or the Klang Valley, with existing authorization to work in Malaysia.
• Software engineering ability suited to building and operating production systems.
• Willingness to work remotely within the Kuala Lumpur area and attend the local office when needed.

Nice to have

• Experience with LLM-adjacent infrastructure such as retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, agent frameworks, or model gateways.
• Familiarity with security, AI governance, or compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, or NIST AI RMF.
• Contributions to open-source security or infrastructure tools.

Benefits and work setup

Full-time role with remote work within Kuala Lumpur and onsite attendance when business needs require it.