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# Staff Software Engineer, Security & AI Platform

- **Company:** Wrap Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, User Authentication, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Cursor, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Role-Based Access Control, Ruby, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Security Information and Event Management, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Data Processing, Okta, GitHub Copilot, Flask (Web Framework), Large Language Models, Backend, Kotlin, AI Platforms, Kubernetes, Code Testing, Graphql, Terraform, Grpc, Static Application Security Testing, Dynamic Application Security Testing
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25303_e67cda6c4ed464c4c7ab594998cadc5b

## About the Role

* 10+ years of experience as a backend engineer, building and operating large-scale server-side services and APIs.
 * Proven track record building secure, highly available distributed systems and services.
 * Hands-on experience with modern security tooling and practices (e.g., SAST, DAST, SIEM, SCA).
 * Proficiency in one or more of: Ruby, Python, Kotlin, JavaScript/TypeScript.
 * Experience with AI tools for coding (ex: Cloud Code, Cursor, Github Copilot).
 * Strong collaboration skills and comfort breaking down complex, cross-cutting security and AI problems into clear, practical solutions., * Strong backend software engineering skills - you write clean, scalable, well-tested code.
 * Experience building and operating high-availability services at scale.
 * Ability to partner cross-functionally and communicate technical tradeoffs clearly.
 * Genuine interest and desire to grow within the security domain - you don't need to have worked in security before, but you're excited to get started., * Experience with authorization platforms/policy engines (e.g., Open Policy Agent, SpiceDB) and technologies like GraphQL, gRPC, Kubernetes, Terraform, Traefik, Flask, Okta.
 * Experience with authentication and authorization, such as SAML/SSO, RBAC, and ABAC.
 * Familiarity with security concepts like access control, abuse detection, or data protection.
 * Prior work on security tooling or platforms.

## Description

We're hiring a Staff Backend Software Engineer for our Product & AI Security Engineering team. You'll own and evolve the security foundations behind Gusto's products and AI/LLM experiences-from authentication and authorization at scale to securing core services and data. You'll define and own security architecture and standards across Gusto's products and AI/LLM experiences - setting the direction for authentication, authorization, and safe data handling, and building the platforms and guardrails that other teams rely on.