# Software Development Engineer (Agent Security)

Senior Software Engineer (Agent Security) Responsibility Build AI security solutions for enterprise customers. Design and implement security controls for agentic AI systems, including agents, tools, and agent-to-agent interactions. Work cross-functionally with PM and QA teams to deliver secure and scalable solutions. Develop pre-sales and post-sales tools and environments to support customer evaluations, deployments, troubleshooting, and integration. Research emerging technologies and security trends to identify new opportunities and develop innovative solutions. Requirements Strong software engineering skills in Python or Go, or in a systems language such as Rust or C/C++. Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 3+ years of backend development experience, including cloud-native infrastructure, networking, and building reliable services at scale. Solid understanding of application and network protocols, such as HTTP, gRPC, and WebSocket, and/or hands-on experience with reverse proxies, API gateways, or identity-aware proxies. Self-drive and proactive with strong problem-solving and debugging skills and a focus on

- **Id**: 983053
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/fortinet-senior-software-development-engineer-agent-security>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Sunnyvale, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-16T19:43:40Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-16
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T10:30:15Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 51
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2815
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Information Security

## Company

- **Id**: 52696
- **Name**: Fortinet
- **Domain**: fortinet.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/fortinet-blog>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 85
- **Open postings**: 181
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.796
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 3
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 130000
- **Max**: 160000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 160000

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Function Calling** — Optional: no
- **Go** — Optional: no
- **gRPC** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **Model Context Protocol** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rust** — Optional: no
- **WebSockets** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 51

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-16T22:20:14Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 125 · green card filings: 113; Filings 12m: 125

## Liveness

- **Score**: 1
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 0.4
- **P active**: 0.123
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 51
- **Expected fill days**: 3
- **Reasons**: seen:51, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 160000
- **Is top pay**: no

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