AI Security Software Engineer (Starshield)
About The Position
Starshield leverages SpaceX’s Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government use, with an initial focus on earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads. The Starshield team is building highly reliable in-space mesh networks, designing secure systems to guarantee access to space, designing next-gen communication and sensing software, and more. As an AI Security Software Engineer, you will leverage AI to automate security-related efforts and ensure safe AI integration into new and existing systems. If you are passionate about AI, security, and pushing the limits of combining both together, this role is for you.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or another STEM discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience in security software development in lieu of a degree
- Experience with one or more software development languages (i.e. Python, C++, Golang)
- Experience designing and implementing security solutions for operating systems, distributed systems, or other enterprise/large-scale infrastructure
- Experience designing and implementing solutions with LLMs, LLM-based agents, or adjacent AI topics
Nice To Haves
- Demonstrated ability to deal with ambiguity, learn quickly, problem solve, and take ownership of the end result
- Understanding of core security engineering topics: cryptography, authentication, network security, operating system security
- Experience designing, prompting, and securing agents that can perform long-running autonomous tasks
- Experience red-teaming/penetration-testing LLMs, including prompt injection, jailbreaking, and data exfiltration
- Experience deploying and managing LLMs, including infrastructure and maintenance to ensure reliable, scalable operation
- Experience contributing security improvements to complex systems
- Flexibility, communicating clearly, and establishing and maintaining productive working relationships with other engineering teams
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to work both independently and in a team
- Advanced degree in a technical or engineering discipline
- Active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q 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 of the program where meaningful security improvements can be gained via automation and AI
- Maintain existing production systems and improve security posture via both direct implementation and recommendations to other teams
Benefits
- Access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Various other discounts and perks
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
- Paid sick leave
- Long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards
- Potential discretionary bonuses
- Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
