Brainco

AI Security Engineer, 2027 New Grad

San Francisco Bay Area, Remote. Posted a month ago

The role

You will build tooling and automation to make secure software the default at Brain Co. You will use AI and LLMs to automate manual reviews, add guardrails to CI/CD pipelines, and detect issues across cloud and infrastructure config.

What you will do

  • Build internal tools and automation like linters, reusable workflows, bots, CLIs, and dashboards
  • Use AI and LLMs to automate triaging findings, generating fixes, summarizing risk, and writing remediation guidance
  • Add automated guardrails to CI/CD pipelines
  • Write automation that detects and fixes issues across cloud and infrastructure config
  • Turn machine output into actionable next steps for engineers
  • Improve docs and developer experience
  • Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and architecture discussions

Required qualifications

  • Completing a bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field in Spring 2027
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals shown through internships, research, coursework, or personal projects
  • Write reliable code in Python, Go, Java, C++, Bash, or similar
  • Have shipped something someone else used such as a tool, a script, a service, or a side project
  • Hands-on experience building with LLMs, or are eager to: prompting, agents, evals, or AI-assisted developer tooling
  • A working mental model of how code gets to production including version control, CI/CD, containers, cloud

Nice to have

  • Projects or internships involving developer tools, platform engineering, or internal automation
  • Experience building with AI/LLM APIs, agent frameworks, or evaluation pipelines
  • Exposure to Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions, or a major cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Any prior security exposure including coursework, CTFs, bug bounties, research, or a security-adjacent internship
  • Curiosity about software supply chain security: dependencies, build integrity, provenance

Benefits

  • Competitive full-time compensation and benefits
  • Support and feedback from experienced security and infrastructure engineers
  • Work on real production systems used globally
  • Meaningful ownership from day one
  • Daily lunches if onsite
  • Meaningful equity
  • Country-specific benefits

Before you apply

  • Completing a bachelor's or master's degree in Spring 2027

About the company

Brain Co. builds AI-native operating systems for large, regulated institutions. Each system is built for a specific industry, powered by agents that push real workflows forward.