Software Engineer II, AI Security

Tanium•Durham, NC

1d•$154,000 - $236,000

About The Position

Tanium is hiring a Software Engineer II to help build an AI Security solution for securing AI agents and the endpoints they run on. This full-stack role emphasizes backend engineering and involves designing and developing high-scale, distributed systems that provide customers with visibility into and control over agentic AI across their environments. The role offers an opportunity to shape a product at the forefront of AI security and contribute to technology used by large enterprises. The engineer will build services and integrations using LLM APIs, tool-calling frameworks, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP), as well as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and supporting data pipelines. Work includes developing and maintaining Tanium products with an agile team, designing and testing product ideas from the ground up, and delivering services that support security, operations, and auditing. Teams also work on shared components for endpoint data consolidation, time-series data used in dashboards and reporting, and GraphQL access for external integrations. Tanium describes itself as the Autonomous IT company. Its Tanium Atlas operating system combines the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform with real-time intelligence, agentic decision-making, and autonomous execution to help IT and security operators detect, decide, and remediate across endpoint environments. Tanium emphasizes collaboration, respect, diversity, and inclusion. This is a full-time position with an annual base salary range of $154,000 to $236,000, plus equity awards and a benefits package.

Requirements

At least 3 years of industry software engineering experience.
Experience designing and building high-impact, high-performance, scalable, observable, and maintainable backend services and APIs.
Experience building and shipping AI-powered products or agents at scale, including LLM integrations and tool-calling.
Hands-on experience building a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server or integration used in a production environment.
Experience building retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and its supporting data pipelines.
Experience building backend services and enterprise web applications for large user bases, such as millions of users.
Knowledge of at least one of Golang, Node.js, Python, Ruby, or Rust.
Experience with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, and other front-end technologies and frameworks.
Ability to work with relational databases such as Postgres, SQL, or MySQL.
Experience with HTTP API design and development.
Experience with modern software engineering and automation tools such as Git and Jenkins.
Sound judgment in balancing rapid development with long-term code maintainability and supportability.
Commitment to writing automated tests as part of development.
Strong debugging ability, including resolving issues in production environments.
Knowledge of modern server-side and browser-side software frameworks, with versatility to learn new tools.
Ability to use AI coding tools effectively and to understand, refactor, and debug their generated code.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

A foundation in security principles, including secure design, authentication and authorization, and threat modeling.
Golang experience is preferred among the listed programming languages.
A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the design and development of high-scale, distributed backend systems that provide visibility into and control over agentic AI environments.
Build services and integrations using LLM APIs, tool-calling frameworks, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Design retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and data pipelines that support AI-driven capabilities.
Use AI coding assistants and agent tooling in day-to-day development, and review, refactor, and debug AI-generated code.
Build and maintain Tanium products as part of an agile development team.
Design, develop, and test new product ideas from the ground up, incorporating feedback and input from product management.
Work on shared components, including services that unify endpoint data, handle time-series data for dashboarding and reporting, and expose data through GraphQL for external partner integrations.
Deliver higher-level services enabled by core services to support Tanium products, including capabilities for security, operations, and auditing.
Write automated tests and balance rapid development with long-term code maintainability and supportability.
Debug production issues and help resolve problems under pressure.