Founding Engineer ($180k-$270k + Equity) at Stealth AI-native Cybersecurity Startup

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Job Title

Founding Engineer

Salary

$180k-$270k Equity

Company Description

Stealth cybersecurity startup automating enterprise vulnerability management through AI agents

Job Description

Join a high-caliber team of five in San Francisco as the third engineer. You will build an AI-native platform that replaces legacy security stacks by automating vulnerability research, verification, and remediation. You'll develop autonomous agents that simulate CVEs and manage complex entity graphs to protect organizations at machine speed.

Location

San Francisco, USA

Why this role is remarkable

• Ship production-grade autonomous systems that go beyond prototypes to drive real-world remediation for Fortune 500 organizations.
• Join an elite founding team in a 5-days-a-week in-person culture located in a premium SF office overlooking the Ferry Building.
• Significant ownership and equity (40-80 bps) in a company tackling the massive $20B vulnerability management market with a live AI brain.
  
  

What You Will Do

• Architect and scale the distributed scanning runtime and CVE reproduction labs using sandboxed research agents.
• Build a live entity graph that maps messy enterprise asset data across cloud providers and internal systems to business context.
• Design auditable provenance systems that ensure agent-led decisions meet the highest standards of engineering taste and quality.
  
  

The ideal candidate

• 3-6 years of experience building autonomous AI agents with multi-step reasoning and tool use in production environments.
• Expert-level proficiency in distributed compute, workflow pipelines, and managing high-scale data infrastructure.
• A high bar for engineering quality and an ownership mentality suited for a fast-moving, early-stage founding team.
  
  

Who are Jack & Jill?

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How does this work?

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• Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network.
• If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.
  
  

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