Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join The Browser Company as a Staff Software Engineer, Trust & Safety and be at the forefront of building a new security paradigm for AI-powered web interaction. You will design the security architecture for our next-generation AI assistant and lead critical R&D work. You'll support foundational security needs, enabling safe scaling while innovating in threat modeling, AI risk mitigation, and data protection. This role blends hands-on engineering and high-level strategy, collaborating closely with the CTO and senior architects. You will own and evolve our security strategy, build a new security sandbox, and conduct threat modeling. You will also partner with engineers to incorporate security best practices and design security strategies unique to AI technologies.

Requirements

• 5+ years leading large-scale security projects with a focus on security engineering
• Proficiency in programming languages (such as Golang, Swift, Python, etc.)
• Experience conducting security reviews for application and infrastructure changes
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally with Legal and IT to develop and implement new security policies and procedures
• Deeply care about user privacy and be vigilant about mitigating risks
• Experience working across a variety of complex codebases
• Experience tech leading critical projects or initiatives within your team and organization
• At least 4 hours of overlap time with team members located in Eastern Time Zone

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve our security strategy, balancing R&D for our AI assistant’s security framework with proactive risk mitigation for both employees and users
• Work with the engineering team to build a new security sandbox that protects our assistant from emerging threats, ensuring secure AI interactions on the web
• Build security critical infrastructure that powers the future of AI-powered web interactions
• Conduct threat modeling for systems and features, especially those interfacing with untrusted sources, to preemptively mitigate security risks
• Partner with engineers to incorporate security best practices into new features, with a focus on protecting AI functionality from prompt injections, jailbreaks, and other vulnerabilities
• Design and manage security strategies unique to AI technologies, supporting incident responses and enhancing the assistant’s resilience
• Develop and uphold security policies and procedures across the organization, support compliance efforts, and lead incident response

Benefits

• Flexible compensation model with options for salary-optimized, equity-optimized, and balanced offers
• Annual salary range of $240,000 - $300,000 USD
• Comprehensive benefits package with 100% employee premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision, and up to 95% for dependents
• 401k plan
• Flexible vacation policy (15-20 days on average, plus federal holidays)
• Remote-friendly working environment with core working hours of 11 AM-2 PM Eastern Time
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• $1,500 USD home office stipend
• Additional services for US-based employees (One Medical, Talkspace, Teladoc, HealthAdvocate)