Software Engineer, Security

| Greater NYC Area
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At x.ai, we're building an artificial intelligence powered personal assistant. The software schedules meetings for our customers automatically, without subjecting them to the typical back and forth over email negotiating when and where to meet someone. We're looking for a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual to join us on the journey in building the AI of the future.You’ll get to work side by side with a group of focused and passionate individuals building the next generation of AI.

No one tells you what to do. We each decide what we work on, finding the work that both energizes us and helps the company reach our goals. Our tech team is composed of highly autonomous, self-organizing project teams, so your role would be as the voice of security awareness, skills, and best practices within those projects. In this role, you will be helping us build the next generation of security infrastructure and advocate for good security practices and standards throughout our machine learning-oriented projects.

About You:

You're at least a few years into your career and are probably skeptical by nature. As you can imagine, we have access to a lot of data and place a huge amount of importance on keeping it safe for our customers. Aside from your many talents, you also:

  • Collaborate with your peers
  • Take ownership of projects
  • Constantly learn
  • Teach and mentor
  • Can handle the uncertainty of unsolved problems

Challenges You'll Face:

  • Building, running, and monitoring AI applications at scale
  • Securing our valuable customer data
  • Protecting our systems from penetration
  • Teaching the tech team what you know
  • Defining the role of security in artificial intelligence

Things You Know:

  • Databases, how to scale and secure them
  • Secure coding practices
  • Software delivery methodologies such as DevOps, Continuous Delivery, etc.
  • Software engineering and “infrastructure as code”
  • Fundamental computer science knowledge usually picked up in a BS or MS in CS
  • Managing and securing large volumes of sensitive data
  • Authentication and secrets management
  • Vulnerability analysis
  • Threat modeling
  • Security incident detection and response

In Your Toolbox:

  • Modern distributed databases like MongoDB, Cassandra, and Riak
  • Cloud systems like AWS EC2, SQS, and EMR
  • Security tools like OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, Kali Linux, Fortify, TMT, and ThreatModeler
  • Secrets management tools such as Vault
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200 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10038

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