Software Engineer - Security/Infrastructure

AfterQuery

$120K — $180K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2-7 years of software or security system development experience.
  • Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or TypeScript.
  • Experience with cloud environments (IAM, networking, containers).
  • Ability to identify vulnerabilities in code and system design.
  • Experience with signal-based monitoring and alerting systems.
  • Comfortable handling production issues.
  • Fluent in both security work and general engineering.

Responsibilities

  • Build systems to identify and respond to real security events.
  • Replace manual security workflows with scalable programmatic solutions.
  • Strengthen cloud and production environments (GCP/AWS, containers, networking).
  • Design and enforce access control systems for teams, experts, and customers.
  • Integrate security checks into development workflows without hindering shipping speed.
  • Own incident handling processes from detection to resolution.
  • Secure unique surfaces related to AI systems, such as data flows and model interaction layers.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI-related security challenges.
  • Hands-on experience building core infrastructure that affects model performance.
  • Collaboration with high-impact teams on sensitive workflows.
  • In-person work environment in San Francisco encouraging teamwork.
  • A fast-paced work atmosphere that values innovation in security solutions.
Full Job Description
Software Engineer (Security/Infrastructure) - AfterQuery

About the Role

You'll be responsible for protecting a system that handles highly sensitive workflows across AI training, expert networks, and enterprise integrations with leading model labs.

This role is deeply technical. You'll design and implement the infrastructure that keeps our systems resilient, rather than managing off-the-shelf security tools.

We move fast and rely heavily on AI internally. You should be comfortable using LLMs to accelerate debugging, threat analysis, and system design-and just as comfortable replacing repetitive work with code.

Security here isn't isolated. When you're not working on security problems, you'll be building core systems-especially human-in-the-loop platforms and data infrastructure that power how frontier AI models are developed.

We work in-person in San Francisco.

What You'll Work On
  • Build systems that identify and respond to real security events across our stack
  • Replace manual security workflows with programmatic, scalable solutions
  • Strengthen our cloud and production environments (GCP/AWS, containers, networking)
  • Design and enforce access control systems across internal teams, experts, and customers
  • Integrate security checks directly into development workflows without slowing shipping speed
  • Own incident handling systems and processes from detection through resolution
  • Secure surfaces unique to AI systems, including data flows and model interaction layers

Beyond security:
  • Develop human-in-the-loop systems used in AI training and evaluation
  • Contribute to core infrastructure and internal tooling used across the company
  • Ship features across the stack that directly impact customers and model performance


What We're Looking For
  • You've built internal tools or systems to solve security problems-not just configured existing products
  • Strong programming ability in Python, Go, or TypeScript
  • Experience working with cloud environments (IAM, networking, containers)
  • Ability to identify vulnerabilities directly in code and system design
  • Experience creating or maintaining signal-based monitoring and alerting systems
  • Comfortable owning production issues when they arise
  • Able to move fluidly between security work and general engineering
  • 2-7 years building software or security systems
Nice to Have
  • Background in fast-scaling startups or high-output engineering teams
  • Exposure to AI systems, data pipelines, or model evaluation workflows
  • Familiarity with offensive security techniques
  • Experience building tools that other engineers depend on
  • Evidence of building and shipping systems from zero to production

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