Staff AI Software Engineer
Bishop Fox
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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About the role
- Pioneer AI-Driven Security Testing
- Design and build intelligent autonomous security testing agents using large language models and cutting-edge AI/ML techniques
- Create systems that can autonomously perform reconnaissance, identify vulnerabilities, and execute sophisticated attack chains
- Push the boundaries of what's possible when artificial intelligence meets offensive security
- Build robust planning, tool-use, and failure-handling mechanisms for agents operating in real-world, unpredictable applications
- Revolutionize Pen testing at Scale
- Develop services that think and act like elite attackers, but operate 24/7 across thousands of targets
- Transform manual testing processes into intelligent, scalable automation pipelines
- Build systems that continuously evolve and improve their attack strategies
- Implement long-running agent memory and context management so agents retain state, avoid redundant actions, and accumulate application knowledge
- Integrate with Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure
- Connect your AI agents into Bishop Fox's Cosmos cloud platform
- Scale your creations to serve Fortune 100 clients with enterprise-level reliability
- Design architectures that can handle massive concurrent testing operations
- Develop browser and application interaction infrastructure that enables agents to navigate, interact with, and test modern web applications
- Experiment & Innovate Rapidly
- Prototype breakthrough approaches to AI-driven security testing
- Build sophisticated feedback loops that make your agents smarter over time
- Implement safety mechanisms and ethical guardrails for responsible AI deployment
- Measure, iterate, and continuously enhance agent performance
- Design evaluation and monitoring systems that distinguish real vulnerabilities from false positives or hallucinated findings
- Collaborate with Elite Security Minds
- Work directly with world-class penetration testers and security researchers
- Partner with data scientists and AI specialists to solve novel technical challenges
- Contribute to a team culture where hacking expertise meets cutting-edge artificial intelligence
- Apply real-world production feedback from customer environments to refine agent behavior and system reliability.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of shipping production systems
- Deep AI/ML expertise – hands-on experience with LLMs, agent frameworks (LangChain, AutoGPT, CrewAI), or autonomous AI systems
- Advanced programming skills in Python and Golang with clean, scalable code practices
- Full-stack capabilities – comfortable building robust APIs, designing database schemas, and working with modern frontend frameworks (React/TypeScript experience valued)
- Practical experience designing, evaluating, and improving agent reliability, including handling failures, edge cases, and non-deterministic behavior
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for reliable deployments
- Ability to architect systems that can scale from prototype to enterprise-grade solutions
Benefits
- Generous Time Off and Company-Wide Holidays
- Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
- Retirement; 401k matching for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US
- Work From Home Support
- Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
- Training Budget
- Paid Parental Leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
AI/MLlarge language modelsPythonGolangAPIsdatabase schemasReactTypeScriptcloud platformsDocker
Soft Skills
collaborationinnovationproblem-solvingfeedback integrationiterationcommunicationteam cultureadaptabilitycritical thinkingresponsibility