About this role:We're seeking an experienced Backend Engineer to lead the charge in building the world's first AI-native platform that autonomously finds and fixes software vulnerabilities in code. You will work on infrastructure that powers our security AI agents. You'll play a central role in designing a scalable infrastructure, solving challenges from code execution at scale, complex agent orchestration, evaluation benchmark and training pipelines. We care about engineering excellence and secure & well-architected designs that scale to thousands of enterprise-level users. Your work will play a crucial role in building a product that aims to redefine how companies do security.
You're excited about this role because you will...- Be a Technical Leader: Provide mentorship, set technical direction, and define best practices for backend engineering at depthfirst.
- Architect and Scale complex coding agent pipelines that scan and execute very large codebases to find the most intricate vulnerability.
- Build, Maintain and Evolve evaluation benchmarks for AI agents that reflects the problems our users face
- Take Ownership of our product, contributing to its architecture, performance, and long-term success
- Work on a Product that Solves a Critical Problem - and we already have a handful of customers who have found it valuable in fixing some eye-opening vulnerabilities within the first few days of using our product.
Qualifications- 3+ years of full-time experience in backend software engineering
- A passion for programming and solving problems with code. Building reliable and stable products to solve real user problems
- Familiarity with multiple languages is a plus. Our stack is Typescript/Python
- A bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering or equivalent industry experience
- A love for technology, and an insatiable curiosity for new tools to tackle real problems
- Capable of solving complex problems with simple solutions. Building reliable and scalable products, making right trade-offs along the way
- A tendency to leave things in a better way than you found it
Technologies We Use:- Typescript, Python
- Temporal, React, NextJS
- Postgres, Temporal, Redis
- LLMs everywhere
- AWS
What We Offer- Competitive Salary with meaningful equity
- Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
- Office lunch and dinner (when working from our San Francisco office)
