Software Engineer (Security Agents)

• The North Security team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to create autonomous systems that handle the complex, critical tasks security practitioners face every day
• As a Senior Software Engineer focused on agentic security, you’ll build intelligent systems that empower security teams
• Build autonomous security agents that perform alert triage, secure code reviews, threat modeling, and vulnerability assessment
• Develop agent orchestration systems that help security practitioners automate repetitive security tasks
• Design and implement agent security controls to ensure our AI agents can safely interact with sensitive enterprise data
• Create the security infrastructure that allows agents to operate in high-trust environments with stringent deployment requirements
• Ship production-ready agent capabilities that run efficiently in resource-constrained environments
• Research and implement novel security patterns for AI agent systems, sometimes requiring custom solutions where standard libraries fall short
• Conduct security testing of both the agents you build and the platform that runs them

Benefits

• Six weeks’ paid vacation
• Equity / stock options
• RRSP, 401(k), and Pension Scheme contributions
• Coverage for 100% of your insurance premiums across health, dental, vision, and travel
• Additional coverage for accessing mental health providers/services
• Six months of fully paid parental leave, including adoption and surrogacy
• Financial support for egg freezing and IVF in Canada and the UK
• A monthly fitness and wellness allowance
• Globally dispersed company that supports a remote work culture
• A $2,000 annual education benefit for professional development
• A weekly stipend for meals when working remotely and catered lunch when working from one of our global offices
• A monthly arts and culture allowance
• A monthly quality time allowance- 5+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of shipping user-facing security features
• Solid understanding of security principles including session management, authentication, authorization, and secure coding practices
• Thrive in fast-paced environments where you can adapt to evolving priorities
• Strong Python development skills with significant production experience
• Ability to think about security at multiple layers: application security, agent behavior security, and infrastructure security
• Experience building or working with autonomous systems, AI agents, or intelligent automation
• Excited about the intersection of AI/ML and security engineering
• Comfortable working across the full stack and diving into unfamiliar codebases to understand and fix issues
• If any of the above doesn’t line up exactly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply