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# Lead Engineer - AI Security & Attack Simulation

- **Company:** Jobot
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $200,000.0 - $300,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Software System Penetration Testing, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Computer Simulation, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Rust (Programming Language), Multi-Agent Systems, Mitre Att&ck, Backend, Golang
- **Published:** August 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/eef9fb29-857a-4fff-a061-f91aa3d01bf6

## About the Role

* 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
 * Significant technical leadership experience with complex production systems
 * Strong backend and distributed systems engineering background
 * Deep experience with cloud-native architectures
 * Production experience building AI or agentic systems
 * Experience with tool use, orchestration, state management, structured outputs, guardrails, and AI evaluation
 * Cybersecurity product experience or background in areas such as:

o Offensive security
o Attack simulation
o AI security
o Red teaming
o Penetration testing
o Security/control validation

 * Strong Go/Golang development experience
 * Experience with another production language such as Python, Rust, Java, or TypeScript
 * Strong product mindset and experience working directly with Product Management
 * Ability to mentor engineers and lead through ambiguity

Preferred Experience

 * AI red teaming or adversarial machine learning
 * Breach and attack simulation
 * Adversary emulation or continuous security validation
 * MITRE ATT&CK and/or ATLAS
 * OpenAI Agents SDK, LangGraph, AutoGen, or similar agent orchestration technology
 * AI evaluation datasets, graders, traces, and regression frameworks
 * Secure sandbox development
 * Enterprise, self-hosted, air-gapped, or regulated software environments
 * Hiring and developing senior engineers

## Description

We're seeking a hands-on engineering leader to own the technical direction, architecture, and execution of an AI Attack Simulation platform.
You'll translate adversarial AI research and real-world attack techniques into scalable, repeatable security-testing capabilities while helping determine what gets built, why it matters, and how success is measured.

This is not a ticket-management leadership position. You'll remain hands-on with architecture, prototyping, implementation, and difficult technical problems while mentoring engineers and partnering closely with Product and Security Research.

Responsibilities

 * Own architecture and technical direction for AI attack-simulation technology
 * Build scalable systems that translate adversarial AI techniques into production security capabilities
 * Design agentic workflows, tool integrations, execution systems, guardrails, and evaluation frameworks
 * Partner with Product Management and Security Research on strategy and roadmap development
 * Develop AI-first engineering workflows across research, prototyping, implementation, testing, and release
 * Remain hands-on with critical architecture and complex engineering challenges
 * Lead technical reviews and establish engineering best practices
 * Improve reliability, security, observability, and overall product quality
 * Mentor engineers and help develop senior technical talent
 * Help engineers take greater ownership of customer problems and product outcomes


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