Synack

Software Engineer, AI (Level determined by experience)

Synack · Remote in the United Kingdom

Posted about 3 months ago

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This role has been open
79 days
Synack's roles stay open a median of 80 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
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Ghost-job risk at Synack
high
11 stale, 0 reposted of 12 open
Hiring momentum
13 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-22

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About this role

As a Senior Software Engineer (AI) at NetSPI+Synack, you will design and develop AI agents that automate penetration testing and enhance security tooling. Your role involves building and managing a sandboxed cyber-lab infrastructure, shipping features from ideation to production, and collaborating with security researchers to improve the functionality of these agents. Additionally, you will lead code reviews and design sessions to elevate the team's technical capabilities.

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1/5
freshness
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career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • 4+ years of software engineering experience
  • Proven ability to build and scale production systems
  • Strong Python, polyglot codebase
  • Fluent or willing to learn Go
  • Hands-on experience building and operating production AI applications using LLMs and agentic frameworks (e.g., RAG, MCP, LangGraph or similar)
  • Demonstrate ability to create reliable agents (prompting, evaluation, guardrails, understanding of token and cost optimization)

Nice to have

  • Offensive security experience: penetration testing, red teaming, CTF, or security tooling
  • Experience driving security tools programmatically or automating an attack chain
  • Startup experience, where scope is broad and priorities move fast

Worth weighing

  • Remote position limited to citizens of the United Kingdom
  • Role may be subject to nationality, residency and security-clearance checks
  • Salary is determined by various factors and includes potential equity and benefits, but specifics are not listed

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Listed by Synack on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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