Senior Software Engineer, AI Security

The posting, as Tanium wrote it

Summary/Objectives

Tanium is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build a new AI Security solution that enables the world's largest enterprises to secure AI agents and the endpoints they run on. In this full-stack role with a strong emphasis on backend engineering, you will design and develop high-scale, distributed systems that give customers visibility into and control over agentic AI across their environments. The ideal candidate brings a deep understanding of building reliable, performant services at scale, a strong foundation in security principles, and hands-on familiarity with the technologies that power AI agents and agent harnesses, such as LLM integrations, tool-calling frameworks, and the Model Context Protocol. This is an opportunity to shape a product at the forefront of AI security and make a significant impact at a company dedicated to transforming how organizations manage and secure their technology environments.

Essential Job Functions

• Design and develop high-scale, distributed backend systems that give customers visibility into and control over agentic AI across their environments
• Build services and integrations using LLM APIs, tool-calling frameworks, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and design retrieval (RAG) and data pipelines that support AI-driven capabilities
• Use AI coding assistants and agent tooling effectively in day-to-day development, and review, refactor, and debug AI-generated code with sound judgment
• Design and develop robust, scalable, and maintainable software features and systems across the full software development lifecycle
• Architect technical solutions that meet complex product requirements while balancing performance, reliability, and security considerations
• Collaborate with product management, UX, and peer engineers to define requirements, estimate effort, and deliver high-quality solutions on schedule
• Lead code reviews and provide constructive technical feedback to elevate engineering standards and promote best practices across the team
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex software defects and performance bottlenecks in both development and production environments
• Mentor and support the growth of junior and mid-level engineers through knowledge sharing, pairing, and technical guidance
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering processes, tooling, and development practices to increase team velocity and code quality
• Partner with security and infrastructure teams to ensure software is developed and deployed in alignment with Tanium's security and compliance standards

Minimum & Preferred Job Qualifications

• Education
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience
• Experience
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production-quality software
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing distributed systems or large-

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base salary offered may be adjusted based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, location, education, skills, training, and experience.

In addition to an annual base salary, team members will receive equity awards and a generous benefits package consisting of medical, dental and vision plan, family planning benefits, health savings account, flexible spending account, transportation savings account, 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match, life, accident and disability coverage, business travel accident insurance, employee assistance programs, disability insurance, and other well-being benefits.
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