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Principal Security Software Engineer, Applied Computing (Starshield)
Palo Alto, CA
$220,500-$300,000 / year
full-timeAerospace and Defense
Tech Stack
Description
As a Principal Security Software Engineer on the Starshield team, you will leverage AI to automate security-related efforts and ensure safe AI integration into new and existing systems. You will design and build security-critical agents, discover and fix security issues, and drive security improvements across the program.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or another STEM discipline AND 8+ years professional experience in security software development (or 10+ years without degree)
- Experience with one or more: Python, C++, Golang
- Experience designing and implementing security solutions for operating systems, distributed systems, or enterprise/large-scale infrastructure
- Experience designing and implementing solutions with LLMs, LLM-based agents, or adjacent AI topics
- Must obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance
Responsibilities
- Design and build security-critical agents for Starshield that automate network and systems defense
- Leverage AI to discover and fix security issues in Starshield infrastructure and systems
- Provide guidance and perform testing of AI integrations into new and existing Starshield systems
- Identify new areas where meaningful security improvements can be gained via automation and AI
- Maintain existing production systems and improve security posture via direct implementation and recommendations
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