Staff / Senior Staff Engineer, AI Products

AegisAI; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

AegisAI is seeking a Staff or Senior Staff engineer to build security products that use AI to address evolving, highly tailored attacks. You will ship product code, shape engineering direction, and take on leadership scope based on impact.

The role blends hands-on development with raising the effectiveness of engineers around you. You'll design, implement, and guide product choices, working with customers and partners while growing technical influence across the team.

Qualifications

• Extensive software engineering experience and the ability to independently solve complex technical problems.
• Strong hands-on coding and judgment about maintainable, production-ready systems.
• Ability to communicate technical decisions clearly in writing and in discussion.
• Comfort working with customers, challenging assumptions, and learning quickly in a changing environment.
• Readiness to take responsibility for both technical outcomes and team effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver product capabilities from early implementation through production use.
• Set technical direction by making and documenting sound engineering decisions.
• Improve system quality, reliability, and scalability as products and usage grow.
• Work with customers and internal partners to understand needs, test assumptions, and guide product choices.
• Help other engineers grow through technical collaboration and clear feedback.
• Take ownership of outcomes and contribute directly to implementation rather than relying on title or delegated authority.

Skills

Software engineering

Hands-on coding

Technical communication

Ownership & accountability

Job description

Role overview

Build security products that use AI to address evolving, highly tailored attacks. As a Staff or Senior Staff engineer, you’ll take on challenging technical problems, ship product code, and shape engineering direction; leadership scope can expand as you demonstrate impact. The role combines hands-on development with raising the effectiveness of the engineers around you.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver product capabilities from early implementation through production use.
• Set technical direction by making and documenting sound engineering decisions.
• Improve system quality, reliability, and scalability as products and usage grow.
• Work with customers and internal partners to understand needs, test assumptions, and guide product choices.
• Help other engineers grow through technical collaboration and clear feedback.
• Take ownership of outcomes and contribute directly to implementation rather than relying on title or delegated authority.

Requirements

• Extensive software engineering experience and the ability to independently solve complex technical problems.
• Strong hands-on coding skills and judgment about maintainable, production-ready systems.
• Ability to communicate technical decisions clearly in writing and in discussion.
• Comfort working with customers, challenging assumptions, and learning quickly in a changing environment.
• Readiness to take responsibility for both technical outcomes and team effectiveness.

Nice to have

• Experience building AI or machine learning products and working with datasets for those systems.
• Background in enterprise security products or integrations.
• Experience taking an early product from limited use to broad production adoption.
• Experience building or leading engineering teams in an early-stage company.

Benefits and work setup

• Full-time, with on-site options in New York City or San Francisco, or remote work from within the United States.
• High autonomy and responsibility, with an opportunity for the role’s leadership scope to grow through demonstrated results.