depthfirst
Forward-Deployed Security Engineer
San Francisco
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 161 days ago
PythonDatabricksData EngineeringLLMsAgentic AICybersecurityPenetration TestingSIEMSOARCustomer SuccessResearchCommunicationCollaborationProblem Solving
About the role
- We're looking for a Forward Deployed Security Engineer to work directly with customers to deploy and operationalize depthfirst's security AI agents in their environments.
- You'll be the technical bridge between our product and enterprise security infrastructure, ensuring our AI successfully detects vulnerabilities at scale.
- This role combines hands-on engineering with deep customer collaboration-you'll shape both how customers use depthfirst and how our product evolves.
Responsibilities
- Build deep relationships with security teams, becoming a trusted advisor who understands their challenges
- Own end-to-end technical delivery: from scoping to implementation and optimization
- Travel to customer sites as needed to drive successful outcomes
Requirements
- 3+ years of software engineering experience or relevant expertise
- Experience in application security, penetration testing, or security research
- Experience bridging customer needs and product capabilities, with a track record of collaborating with product teams to generalize solutions
- Experience with security tooling, vulnerability management, or security-focused engineering
- Proficiency in Python and experience building integrations, APIs, and data pipelines
- Experience with LLMs, AI agents, or AI platforms
- Familiarity with enterprise security infrastructure (SIEM, SOAR, vulnerability management platforms)
- Open source contributions or experience with large codebases
- Excellent communication skills and genuine interest in working closely with customers to solve their problems
- Strong problem-solving skills with a bias toward action
- Excitement about AI and security
- Based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco
- Prior experience as a solutions engineer or forward deployed engineer
- Competitive salary with meaningful equity
Skills
- Communicate clearly with diverse stakeholders, from security engineers to CISOs
Compensation
- Competitive salary with meaningful equity
Benefits
- Health, vision, and dental insurance
Company info
- depthfirst does not accept agency resumes.
- Please do not forward resumes to depthfirst employees. depthfirst is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with the Company.
- Embed with enterprise customers to deploy depthfirst's security AI agents into production environments
- You'll embed with customers to understand their security challenges, build custom integrations on top of depthfirst's platform, and partner closely with our product team to generalize solutions.
- Bridge the gap between customers and product-identify patterns across deployments and collaborate with product to turn one-off solutions into platform capabilities
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