Software Engineer (AI)

Cork - Ireland

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Us:

Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity. We protect how people data and AI agents connect across email cloud and collaboration tools. Over 80 of the Fortunelarge enterprises and millions of smaller organizations trust Proofpoint to stop threats prevent data loss and build resilience across their people and AI workflows. Our mission is simple: safeguard the digital world and empower people to work securely and confidently. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.

How We Work:

At Proofpoint youll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity guided by our BRAVE core values:

Bold in how we dream and innovate

Responsive to feedback challenges and opportunities

Accountable for results and best in class outcomes

Visionary in future focused problem-solving

Exceptional in execution and impact

The Role:

Youllhelp turn Applied AI ideas into dependable software that gets used in the real world bycustomersand by ourinternal threat analysts. Your work will help the team move faster (better tooling and workflows) keep results consistent and reproducible (evaluation and tracking) and help analysts self-serve through well-designed prompts context and tools.

Youllbe supported by senior engineers butyoullstill ship meaningful work and see direct impact.

Whatyoulldo:

Build practical Python software
Create and improve backend components libraries and CLI tools used across our Applied AI Research workflows.

Help analysts self-serve LLM workflows
Partner with internal threat analysts to develop andmaintainprompt/context patterns guardrails and templates and help roll these into a self-serve setup using tools likeLangfuse(or similar)for prompt management tracing and evaluation.

Contribute to productizing and deploying AI solutions
Work with senior engineers to move prototypes into production: packaging integration reliability and deployment.Youlltake part in discussions abouttradeoffs(speed vs. quality cost vs. latency build vs. buy) and learn how production decisions get made.

Support evaluation & reproducibility
Contribute to lightweight evaluation harnesses experiment tracking and documentation so we can repeat results and trust what we ship.

Use AI coding assistants thoughtfully
Use tools likeClaude Code Windsurf Cursor (or similar)to accelerate development while keeping a high bar for correctness readability and tests.

What you bring:

(We know no one checks every box this is our ideal list.)

12 years of experiencein software development (or equivalent through internships strong projects).

Good software fundamentals: clean code debugging data structures basic design/architecture thinking.

Python backend-leaning: comfortable writing small services scripts or CLI apps; familiarity with APIs and data handling.

Interest in applied AI: exposure to AI tooling/data pipelines/context building (coursework projects or on-the-job).

Hands-on with AI coding assistants: experience using at least one ofClaude Code Windsurf Cursor or similar.

Proof you like building: side projects GitHub repos demos or hobby tools you can share.

Nice to have:

Interest inagentic AI(tool use workflows simple orchestration).

Familiarity with Docker basic cloud concepts or evaluation/observability tools.

Comfort collaborating with non-engineers (e.g. analysts) and translating needs into tooling.

Howwelltrack progress:

In your first312 monthswelllook for:

Shipped improvementsto our internal AI tooling (e.g. a CLI tool pipeline step evaluation feature or reliability enhancement).

Analyst enablement: prompt/context patterns and a workflow that makes analysts faster and more consistent (with tracing/eval viaLangfuseor similar).

Production contribution: you help deliver at least one AI feature/workflow into a production-like environment with guidance (and you can explain thetradeoffswe chose).

Growing ownership: you get faster at scoping work asking good questions and delivering maintainable code.

Why Proofpoint

At Proofpoint we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons youll love working with us:

Competitive compensation
Comprehensive benefits
Career success on your terms
Flexible work environment
Annual wellness and community outreach days
Always on recognition for your contributions
Global collaboration and networking opportunities

Our Culture:

Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging empower purpose and drive success-every day for everyone.

We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds experiences and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process please reach out to .

How to Apply

Interested Submit your application along with any supporting information- we cant wait to hear from you!

Required Experience:

About Us:Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity. We protect how people data and AI agents connect across email cloud and collaboration tools. Over 80 of the Fortunelarge enterprises and millions of smaller organizations trust Proofpoint to stop threats prevent data l...