
Software Engineer (Agent Security)
Fortinet · Santa Clara, CA, United States
- Software & SaaS
- 10,001+ employees
- Sunnyvale, CA
Weak hiring record · median 82 days open
All reasons
- 61% of this employer's openings are over 60 days old
In its favour
- Still listed on the employer's own board
Responsibility
- Build AI security solutions for enterprise customers.
- Design and implement security controls for agentic AI systems, including agents, tools, and agent-to-agent interactions.
- Work cross-functionally with PM and QA teams to deliver secure and scalable solutions.
- Develop pre-sales and post-sales tools and environments to support customer evaluations, deployments, troubleshooting, and integration.
- Research emerging technologies and security trends to identify new opportunities and develop innovative solutions.
Requirements
- Strong software engineering skills in Python or Go, or in a systems language such as Rust or C/C++.
- Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3+ years of backend development experience, including cloud-native infrastructure, networking, and building reliable services at scale.
- Solid understanding of application and network protocols, such as HTTP, gRPC, and WebSocket, and/or hands-on experience with reverse proxies, API gateways, or identity-aware proxies.
- Self-drive and proactive with strong problem-solving and debugging skills and a focus on delivering high-quality solutions.
Strong Plus
- Hands-on experience with the agentic AI ecosystem, including MCP, tool calling, and agent frameworks.
- Experience with LLM and agent security, including areas such as prompt injection, tool poisoning, jailbreaks, and agent security controls.
- Background or professional experience in cybersecurity, particularly application security, network security, identity, or API security.
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