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Software Engineer, Security

Pylon

San Francisco, CA · full time · Mid

$180,000 – $280,000

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What this role is

Pylon is hiring a software engineer to own application and infrastructure security across their AI-powered customer support platform. This role suits someone with production security experience who enjoys hands-on engineering work, from threat modeling and code review to building developer tools and incident response.

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What they ask for

Required

  • 3+ years building production software with security focus, or strong infra/backend engineer transitioning to security
  • Application security fundamentals: auth, sessions, APIs, secrets handling, common vulnerabilities
  • Experience with vulnerability triage, bug bounty, disclosure, or incident response
  • Ability to balance urgency with pragmatism
  • Leverage AI tools for software development
  • Startup experience in ambiguous environments
  • Willingness to relocate to San Francisco or already based there
  • Preference for in-person work

Nice to have

  • Experience with React, Golang, GraphQL, and AWS
  • Experience building agentic products in production

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