Most boards and executives are currently flying blind when it comes to cyber risk. They are guessing. At Safe, we’ve built an AI-driven engine that finally gives the C-Suite a clear, quantified, and real-time view of their security posture. We don’t just provide data; we provide
certainty
.
We are a
$170M Series C-funded
category leader. We don’t play in the mid-market; we operate at the highest levels of global enterprise. Today, we are proud to
serve 10% of the Fortune 500
, protecting global icons such as
Apple, Netflix, AT&T, Verizon, and Victoria’s Secret
.
As we scale toward our next chapter, we are looking for high-performers who want to do the best work of their careers at the intersection of AI and Cybersecurity.
The Culture Memo: Our Operating System
Safe is not a typical corporate environment. We are a high-intensity, mission-driven team. We value builders who want to define a category and work alongside people who are equally committed to excellence.
- Extreme Ownership: We don’t do "not my job." We hire people who see a gap and own the solution from start to finish.
- The Elite Standard: We serve the most sophisticated companies on the planet. Our work must be bulletproof. Whether it’s a line of code or a sales deck, we aim for Tier-1 quality every time.
- Methodology & Rigor: We don’t wing it. From
Force Management
and
MEDDICC
in sales to
data-driven sprints
in engineering, we rely on proven frameworks to stay disciplined and predictable.
- Radical Candor: We move too fast for politics or sugar-coating. We value direct, honest feedback that helps us find the right answer quickly.
- The Series C Hustle: We have the stability of a well-funded leader but the heart of a startup.
We want our team to feel like owners because they
are
owners. We trust our people to manage their results and their time.
- Meaningful Equity: Every "Safestar" is a shareholder. You aren’t just an employee; you are a partner in our success.
- Unlimited Leaves: We don’t believe in clock-watching. We offer
unlimited leave
because we trust you to take the time you need to recharge while staying committed to the mission.
- Comprehensive Benefits: We provide top-tier medical insurance and wellness benefits to ensure you and your family are well cared for.
- Career Trajectory: We are growing aggressively. For high-performers, the path for advancement moves at the speed of your ambition
- Role Overview: We are looking for an
SDE II – Sensors
to build customer-deployed security software that runs inside enterprise environments and continuously discovers assets, evaluates exposures, and securely communicates telemetry back to SAFE.
This role is suited for engineers with strong
C++, Go or Python programming skills, Windows/Linux, networking, and cybersecurity fundamentals
, particularly those who have worked on
endpoint agents, security sensors, network/security products, or other long-running system software
.
What You'll Do:
lightweight security sensors/agents
running inside customer environments.
asset discovery, network scanning, vulnerability detection and exposure validation
.
- Develop reliable, long-running system software with a focus on
performance, resource usage, concurrency, and stability
.
Windows/Linux internals, processes, sockets, filesystems, networking and system APIs
.
- Build communication between distributed sensors and the SAFE cloud with
secure authentication, encryption, retries and offline recovery
.
sensor lifecycle management,
including installation, configuration, health monitoring and software/rule updates.
- Debug complex issues spanning
application code, operating systems, customer networks, proxies, firewalls and infrastructure
.
- Build strong diagnostics, telemetry and logging so problems can be investigated without requiring direct access to customer systems.
- Participate in low-level and high-level design discussions and independently own well-defined components/features through production.
What We're Looking For:
3–6 years of software development experience
, preferably building systems, infrastructure or security products.
- Strong programming experience in
one or more of C++, Go or Python
.
Windows/Linux and operating-system fundamentals
.
- Good understanding of networking concepts, including:
- TCP/IP and sockets
- DNS
- HTTP/HTTPS
- TLS
- Proxies
- Routing
- NAT
- Firewalls and network segmentation
- Experience with
multithreading/concurrency, asynchronous programming and inter-process communication
.
- Understanding of software security and secure communication practices.
- Ability to troubleshoot issues independently across
code, OS and network boundaries
.
Strongly Preferred:
endpoint agents, sensors, collectors, daemons or system services
.
cybersecurity, endpoint security, vulnerability management, micro-segmentation, EDR or network security products
.
- Experience building software deployed across
large heterogeneous enterprise environments
.
CVE, CVSS, vulnerability scanners and exposure management
.
auto-update / software distribution mechanisms
.
- Familiarity with containers and technologies such as
Docker and Kubernetes
.
- Experience developing software that needs to operate reliably across
Windows and Linux environments
.
What Good Looks Like:
You should be comfortable going beyond:
"The API returned an error."
and investigating:
Sensor → process → socket → DNS → proxy/firewall → network → cloud service
to determine exactly where and why something failed.
You should be equally comfortable reasoning about:
- Why is a process consuming excessive CPU or memory
- Why communication works in customer network but fails in another
- How to safely upgrade thousands of deployed sensors
- How to recover when a sensor loses connectivity for several hours
- How to execute security scans without destabilising customer infrastructure
- How to collect enough diagnostics to troubleshoot systems you cannot directly access
The ideal candidate is fundamentally a
systems/security engineer who can build reliable software
, rather than a conventional CRUD/backend application developer.
If you’re passionate about cyber risk, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and want to be part of a team that’s redefining security,
we want to hear from you!
🚀
