Security Engineer, Agent Security

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 293,000 - 385,000 annuallyFunction: CybersecuritySkills: ["Problem-solving","Communication","Collaboration","Leadership"]

Security Engineer on the Agent Security Team designing and implementing security frameworks, policies, and controls to safeguard OpenAI’s agentic AI systems; develop threat models, fortify platforms, and lead safety monitoring pipelines at scale in a hybrid San Francisco-based team.

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1 year ago

Security Engineer, Agent Security

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Job Summary

Security Engineer on the Agent Security Team designing and implementing security frameworks, policies, and controls to safeguard OpenAI’s agentic AI systems; develop threat models, fortify platforms, and lead safety monitoring pipelines at scale in a hybrid San Francisco-based team.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity

Key Responsibilities

  • •Architect security controls for agentic AI – design, implement, and iterate on identity, network, and runtime-level defenses that integrate with the Agent Infrastructure stack
  • •Build production-grade security tooling – ship code that hardens safety monitoring pipelines across agent executions at scale
  • •Collaborate cross-functionally with Agent Infrastructure, product, research, safety, and security teams to balance security, performance, and usability
  • •Influence strategy and standards – shape the long-term Agent Security roadmap and publish best practices internally and externally

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 293,000 - 385,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Relocation

Key Requirements

  • •Experience shipping and operating secure, high-reliability services in Python or a systems language (Go, Rust, C/C++)
  • •Deep expertise in modern isolation techniques (container security, kernel-level hardening)
  • •Hands-on network security experience (identity-based controls, policy enforcement, telemetry pipelines)
  • •Strong communication skills across engineering, research, and leadership audiences
  • •Cloud security depth with at least one provider (Azure, AWS, GCP) including identity federation and workload IAM
Experience:CybersecuritySecurity engineeringAI security
Skills:Problem-solvingCommunicationCollaborationLeadership
Tech Stack:PythonGoRustC/C++Container securityKernel hardeningTelemetryAWSAzureGCPIAMInfrastructure-as-code

Company Brief

OpenAI
Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALL·E) and AI infrastructure, providing APIs and consumer products to accelerate safe AGI for broad benefit.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2015
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Glassdoor: 4.4
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