Senior Software Engineer I

The role

You will design, develop, and own new features and services in the Threat Protection and ShadowAI product area. You will build scalable distributed systems and APIs to protect users from malicious sites and unsanctioned AI use.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and own new features and services in the Threat Protection and ShadowAI product area.
• Build highly available, scalable distributed systems and APIs.
• Build and refine detection and policy capabilities for generative AI and unsanctioned web application usage.
• Participate in building, deploying, and operating the Menlo Security platform in production.
• Use AI code assistants and AI-assisted test generation as part of normal workflow.
• Partner with product, security, operations, and other cross-functional stakeholders.
• Write unit and automated tests.
• Conduct code and design reviews for peers.
• Evaluate emerging technologies that could improve products.

Required qualifications

• 3-5 years of professional software development experience with one or more of NodeJS, Go, or Python.
• 3-5 years of hands on experience with cloud services such as GCP and/or AWS.
• Working experience with Linux and standard development tooling such as git.
• Degree in Computer Science or a related field (BE, BTech, or Masters).
• Practical fluency with AI coding and debugging assistants.
• Self-directed approach to problem solving.

Nice to have

• Experience building large scale web applications and REST APIs.
• Strong grounding in complex data structures and database technologies.
• Experience with containers, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure as code tooling such as Terraform.
• Familiarity with the Tornado web application framework and test automation.
• Track record of adapting and improving engineering practices such as test driven development, continuous delivery, agile ceremonies, automation, and maintainable, testable code.
• Interest in or exposure to security, threat detection, or AI governance and safety.
• Well organized and thorough, with strong attention to detail and documentation.

About the company

Menlo Security is the leader in Browser Security for human and agentic workforces. The Menlo Browser Security Platform protects organizations from cyberattacks by stopping threats across the web, documents, and email.