a16z

Venture Capital

StaffEngineer,SecurityAutomation

$250–350k ~AI est. San Francisco, California, United States
The Brief

“Staff Engineer, Security Automation at a16z. Skills: Security automation, AI integration, Tool building. Build connective tissue across security tools. Centralize data generated by security tools”

What You'll Achieve.

Operate at scale

Industry & Context.

Venture Capital
Eligibility Requirements

In-office 2 days/week

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years security engineering experience, Automation and tool-building experience, Hands-on experience building with LLMs or AI APIs, Broad security fundamentals, Understanding of AI security risks

Nice to Have

Depth in one security area

What You'll Do.

Build connective tissue across security tools

Centralize data generated by security tools

Use AI as building block

Design for compounding leverage

Build frameworks and dashboards

Unify asset inventory

Unify vulnerability posture

Unify exposure reviews

Unify compliance evidence

Take automation problems off team's plate

Raise security team's leverage with AI

Ship tooling others use

Make it easy to add AI

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Security Engineering Lead; Incident Response; SecOps; IT; ASG

Communication Scope

Translate technical concepts

Free ATS check

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