Software Engineer, Security Agents

Cohere
Remote / Toronto / London2026-09-14Hybrid

About the job

Ready to build AI agents that revolutionize enterprise security? 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.

Responsibilities

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.

Qualifications

Minimum

5+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of shipping user-facing security features

Strong Python development skills with significant production experience

Experience building or working with autonomous systems, AI agents, or intelligent automation

Solid understanding of security principles including session management, authentication, authorization, and secure coding practices

Ability to think about security at multiple layers: application security, agent behavior security, and infrastructure security

Comfortable working across the full stack and diving into unfamiliar codebases to understand and fix issues

Thrive in fast-paced environments where you can adapt to evolving priorities

Excited about the intersection of AI/ML and security engineering

Preferred

No preferred qualifications listed.