Decagon
Security Engineer
San Francisco · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$200k-$330kDetected 103 days ago
GCPTerraformCI/CDMachine LearningAgentic AICybersecurityDetection EngineeringCompliance
About the role
- This role combines hands-on security engineering with software development.
- Decagon's team is some of the best in the industry, so you'll work alongside a skilled and enthusiastic team.
- Contribute to security incidents affecting operations, supporting rapid resolution while maintaining service availability
Responsibilities
- You'll work with the head of Security to implement security controls, build security tooling, and strengthen our defenses against modern, AI-enabled threats while maintaining an enterprise-ready security and compliance posture.
- Implement security controls across our agent platform, covering application security, infrastructure security
- Partner with engineering teams to design and review authentication systems, secrets management, and access controls
- We build the security foundations that enable Decagon's AI agents to handle sensitive customer data with complete trust while defending against sophisticated, AI-enabled threats at massive scale.
- Decagon is the leading conversational AI platform empowering every brand to deliver concierge customer experiences.
Requirements
- Have 3+ years of experience in security engineering, with strong software engineering fundamentals
- Familiarity with application security concepts including authentication, authorization, vulnerability assessment, and secure development practices
- Ability to write production-quality code
- Familiarity with securing AI/ML applications, including awareness of risks like prompt injection and adversarial inputs
- Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform) and modern cloud development practices
Nice to have
- Experience with cloud security fundamentals, ideally Google Cloud
Skills
- Natural curiosity about new technologies and approaches to security problems
- Background with static analysis tools (Semgrep, CodeQL) or vulnerability management platforms
Compensation
- These benefits are described in more detail in Decagon's policies, may vary by location, and can change at any time according to applicable compensation and benefits plans.
Benefits
- Take what you need vacation policy (subject to local requirements; UK employees receive 25 days of statutory leave)
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
- Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
- Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K, pension)
- Parental Leave
- Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
- We proudly offer the following benefits for our full-time employees:
- These benefits are described in more detail in Decagon's policies, may vary by location, and can change at any time according to applicable compensation and benefits plans.
Company info
- The Security Engineering team at Decagon protects the platform that powers the most advanced conversational AI agents for enterprise customers across voice, chat, email and SMS.
- Our mission is to secure our growing platform, ensuring that AI agents and human agents can collaborate safely to help users resolve their issues while maintaining the highest standards of security and privacy.
- Help build and scale the security foundations of Decagon AI's customer experience platform that powers AI agents for enterprise customers.
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