We are hiring a Principle Software Engineer to lead the technical work for NodeZero's defensive agents: the systems that translate proven attack paths into continuous actionable remediation.
You'll set direction alongside our AI researchers, who define what the agents should reason about, and lead the engineers who build the platform underneath them.
This is a technical leadership role without direct people management. You lead through architecture, code, design review, and mentorship, not through performance reviews and headcount. It is also not a pure architect role. You will write production code every week, review PRs from the engineers you lead, and partner closely with Product to sequence the right problems in the right order. You will be the person who both draws the system diagram on the whiteboard and commits the first slice of it to main.
Leadership & Team Development
Owns the end-to-end technical vision for the workstream and rallies the team around it — from blank doc through shipping, iterating, and deprecating.
Production code contributions at Lead/Principle level in a modern backend language (Python, Go, Rust, or similar) in a service-oriented environment.
Sets and raises the technical bar (design reviews, code quality, operational discipline) by example rather than by mandate.
Mentors and enhances the engineers around them; builds the frameworks and architecture for others to do the best work of their careers.
Holds the team accountable to outcomes rather than activity; surfaces risks and tradeoffs early and in writing.
Serves as the durable technical interface between AI research and platform engineering, so research direction accounts for platform constraints early rather than at handoff.
Product-Minded Technical Leadership
Translates ambiguous product goals into concrete technical roadmaps.
