Software Engineer, Security Products

About the Team

Security Products is a new business unit on a mission to transform cybersecurity by leveraging AI to give defenders a decisive advantage. We’re building products that tackle some of the hardest, highest-impact problems in the field. We’re starting with tools that are already proving their value internally at OpenAI, helping to protect our own systems. We operate with speed, purpose, and a deep sense of responsibility, partnering across engineering, research, and security to deliver real-world impact.

About the Role

As a Full-Stack Software Engineer on the Security Products team, you’ll play a key role in building the core systems that power our AI-powered cybersecurity products. You’ll work as part of a small team to design, implement, and scale user-facing features, backend services, and integrations. This is a fast-moving, high-impact role where you’ll collaborate closely with security experts, AI researchers, and other engineers to bring advanced AI capabilities into real-world security workflows. You'll help shape not just the product, but also the technical foundation and engineering culture of a rapidly growing team with a critical mission.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Developing, deploying, and maintaining systems and infrastructure to bring our security capabilities to users.

• Talking to users (internal and external) to understand their problems and designing solutions to address them.

• Designing and implementing systems that integrate cutting-edge technologies to enhance security outcomes.

• Collaborating with a cross-functional team of engineers, researchers, product managers, designers, and operations personnel to create cutting-edge products.

• Troubleshooting and optimizing systems to improve performance, reliability, and security.

• Operating with agility, creativity, and a collaborative spirit.

• Staying informed about emerging AI technologies and security threats to help guide our technical direction.

We’re looking for someone with:

• 5+ years of relevant engineering experience at technology and product-driven companies.

• Proficiency with JavaScript, React, and other web technologies.

• Proficiency in one or more backend programming languages such as Python, Go, or similar.

• Experience with public cloud infrastructure (e.g. Azure, AWS) and orchestration frameworks (e.g. Kubernetes, Terraform).

• Interest in security-related practices, such as secure coding, threat modeling, or detection systems (direct experience not required).

• Interest in AI/ML (direct experience not required).

• Ability to move fast in an environment where things are sometimes loosely defined and may have competing priorities or deadlines.