Software Engineer - AI Governance & Security

Retool; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 306,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work location

Job summary

Retool in San Francisco, CA is seeking an experienced software engineer to join the AI Governance team. You will design and build the secure foundations that prevent unsafe data access, spanning from policy modeling to data engine integration and admin tooling.

You'll tackle data access controls, agent governance, and proactive security features, collaborating with engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver scalable, auditable systems that protect customers at scale.

Qualifications

• 2–8 years of professional software engineering experience on high impact teams.
• Experience owning technically challenging, cross-functional projects from start to finish.
• Strong fundamentals across the entire stack, with a strong grasp of backend systems design, data modeling, and building reliable, scalable software.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the Data Access Control Layer to enforce table/column/row access across connectors.
• Design & build governance primitives to ensure agents are permissioned & observable.
• Develop an automated security center and admin control panel for proactive security & governance.

Skills

Software engineering

Cross-functional ownership

Backend systems design

Data modeling

Communication

Testability & quality

Tools

Policy engines

OAuth

SAML

Job description

Retool in San Francisco, CA is seeking an experienced software engineer to join the AI Governance team. You will design and build the secure foundations that prevent unsafe data access, spanning from policy modeling to data engine integration and admin tooling.

You'll tackle data access controls, agent governance, and proactive security features, collaborating with engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver scalable, auditable systems that protect customers at scale.