FDE – Remediation Agent Engineer

eClerx•Austin, TX

15h

About The Position

The FDE – Remediation Agent Engineer will replace manual, Jira-ticket-driven remediation with an agent that reads findings and produces fixes. This fixed-term role is based in Austin, Texas, and is scheduled for 12 months, with eligibility for benefits and the possibility of extension. The engineer will build and deploy agentic automation for vulnerability remediation, integrate with Jira and enterprise systems, and implement verification and safety controls. The role works closely with stakeholders to turn security and operations pain points into working automation and ship iteratively.

Requirements

Hands-on experience with LLMs, agentic workflows, agent looping, and spec- or loop-driven development.
Experience building agents and MCP servers and deploying agentic platforms.
Proficiency in Python and JavaScript/TypeScript, plus strong SQL skills.
Experience with API integration, SSO/SAML, and connecting enterprise systems.
Strong agentic development experience, including tool use, looping, and evaluation.
Vulnerability remediation experience across code, dependencies, and containers.
Experience with Jira and Git platform APIs and CI/CD.

Nice To Haves

Experience with automated code repair or refactoring.
Knowledge of secure coding standards.

Responsibilities

Build an agent that ingests findings, plans fixes, and raises merge requests for dependency bumps, image upgrades, configuration changes, and code patches.
Integrate with Jira so tickets are linked, updated, and closed automatically.
Implement guardrails including test execution, human approval gates, rollback, and an audit trail.
Design agent loops with verification, including a re-scan after each fix.
Measure and improve MTTR, auto-remediation rate, and fix acceptance rate.
Work embedded with stakeholders to turn security and operations pain points into working automation and ship iteratively.