AI Agent Software Engineer

Bishop Fox is the leading authority in offensive security providing solutions ranging from continuous penetration testing red teaming and attack surface management to product cloud and application security assessments. Weve worked with more than a quarter of the Fortune 100 half of the Fortune 10 eight of the top 10 global technology companies and all of the top global media companies. Our managed service platform service innovation and culture of excellence continue to gather accolades from industry award programs including Fast Company Inc. SC Media and others. For more than 16 years weve been contributing and giving back to the security community. Weve published more than 16 open source tools and 50 security advisories in the last five years alone. Learn more at or follow us on social media.

Who You Are and What You Will Do

Your mission Build autonomous AI agents that can think adapt and hack like the worlds best penetration testers.

Pioneer AI-Driven Security Testing

• Design and build intelligent agents using large language models and cutting-edge AI/ML techniques
• Create systems that can autonomously perform reconnaissance identify vulnerabilities and execute sophisticated attack chains
• Push the boundaries of whats possible when artificial intelligence meets offensive security

Revolutionize Pentesting at Scale

• Develop services that think and act like elite attackers but operate 24/7 across thousands of targets
• Transform manual testing processes into intelligent scalable automation pipelines
• Build systems that continuously evolve and improve their attack strategies

Integrate with Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure

• Connect your AI agents into Bishop Foxs Cosmos cloud platform
• Scale your creations to serve Fortune 100 clients with enterprise-level reliability
• Design architectures that can handle massive concurrent testing operations

Experiment & Innovate Rapidly

• Prototype breakthrough approaches to AI-driven security testing
• Build sophisticated feedback loops that make your agents smarter over time
• Implement safety mechanisms and ethical guardrails for responsible AI deployment
• Measure iterate and continuously enhance agent performance

Collaborate with Elite Security Minds

• Work directly with world-class penetration testers and security researchers
• Partner with data scientists and AI specialists to solve novel technical challenges
• Contribute to a team culture where hacking expertise meets cutting-edge artificial intelligence

What You Bring to the Mission

Technical Foundation

• 5 years of software engineering experience with a track record of shipping production systems
• Deep AI/ML expertise hands-on experience with LLMs agent frameworks (LangChain AutoGPT CrewAI) or autonomous AI systems
• Advanced programming skills in Python and Golang with clean scalable code practices
• Full-stack capabilities comfortable building robust APIs designing database schemas and working with modern frontend frameworks (React/TypeScript experience valued)

Infrastructure & Scale

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS GCP or Azure) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for reliable deployments
• Ability to architect systems that can scale from prototype to enterprise-grade solutions

The Right Mindset

• Portfolio over pedigree we care more about what youve built than where you learned it
• Excitement about autonomous systems and AI agents that can operate independently
• Comfort with ambiguity and rapid iteration in a fast-moving environment

Bonus Multipliers

Security Background

• Experience in penetration testing red teaming ethical hacking or security research
• Understanding of common vulnerabilities attack vectors and security frameworks
• Knowledge of security tools and methodologies (but well teach you what you dont know!)

Innovation Track Record

• Open-source contributions especially in AI/automation or security domains
• Hackathon victories or compelling side projects that demonstrate your creativity
• Experience in startup environments or greenfield product development
• Publications talks or thought leadership in AI or security communities

Advanced AI Knowledge

• Familiarity with multi-agent systems reinforcement learning or swarm intelligence
• Experience with vector databases RAG pipelines or advanced prompt engineering
• Understanding of AI safety alignment and responsible AI development practices

Our Values

We strive to live by our values every day in support of our core tenets which are to deliver the highest quality of work for our clients quality of life for our team and quality of business for our industry and our future.

• Be Excellent to Each Other
• Do the Right Thing
• Do What YoullSayYoullDo
• Get Better Together
• Give a Sh*t

We offer a variety of benefits andperks such as:

• Generous Time Off and Company-Wide Holidays
• Health Insurance options including Medical Dental Vision
• Retirement; 401k matching for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US
• Work From Home Support
• Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
• Training Budget
• Paid Parental Leave

Bishop Fox is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex including sexual orientation and gender identity national origin disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law.All new hires must pass a background check as a condition of employment.