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This is who we are.\nWe are looking for high-performing, mission-aligned individuals. We prioritize performance over politics and purpose over transaction. This environment is built for those who seek ownership and impact.\nIs Praetorian the right fit for you? If you are someone who obsesses over the problem, defaults to open communication, and wants to work with a team that refuses to accept mediocrity-then you have found your home.\nThe Mission\nPraetorian is an expert-driven offensive security company. Our mission is to prevent breaches before they occur. We help organizations shift from an \"assume breach\" mentality to adopting offensive security as a core strategy of prevention.\nWe don’t just find bugs; we solve the root cause. We are building a future without compromise, and we need people who run toward the fire.\n\nWho We Are Looking For\nWe are looking for an Offensive Security Engineer who operates with clear ownership. You’re not just filling a seat. You’re setting the standard. You believe great execution brings strategy to life.\nHow You Operate\nYou bring mission-driven grit to every challenge, running toward hard problems rather than away from it. You prioritize customer outcomes over internal processes and choose truth and clarity over performative politeness. We look for builders with a bias for action -people who own the fix when things break, share credit with the team, and possess the intellectual humility to care more about getting to the right answer than being right.\nHow are you using AI today in your current role? What specific tools are you using? If applicable, show us your last AI experiment.\nWhat You Will Own\nOwn the Outcome: Execute challenging security projects for our PS and MSP customers, ensuring technical precision and successfully resolving complex client needs.\nTake Accountability: Be accountable for the success of unique engagements by developing custom methodologies, payloads, exploits, and tools when off-the-shelf solutions aren't enough.\nRaise the Bar: Continuously improve the bridge between services and product by identifying vulnerability trends in the field and translating them into tangible improvements.\nDrive Impact: Proactively develop new Guard capabilities based on the specific security vulnerabilities identified during PS security projects.\nScale Expertise: Aggressively learn as much as possible about the industry and offensive security landscape to ensure the team remains on the bleeding edge of tradecraft.\nWhat You Bring\nThe Foundation: A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics, backed by 0-2 years of experience or relevant internships in cybersecurity, startups, or high-tech environments. \nTechnical Fluency: You have experience writing software or scripts using common offensive security languages, specifically Go (Golang), Python, PowerShell, or Bash. \nDomain Expertise: You have early experience or a demonstrated passion for Product Security (App/Mobile/LLM), Cloud Security (AWS/Azure/GCP), Web/Network Penetration Testing, Red Teaming, or IoT/Embedded Security. \nOffensive Security Mindset: You don't just work 9-to-5; you compete. You have notable achievements in CTFs (CCDC, CPTC) or on testing platforms like Hack The Box, TryHackMe, or PortSwigger. \nThe \"Plus One\" Edge: You go beyond the basics with verifiable contributions to vulnerability research (CVEs), exploit development, or open-source offsec projects. 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We move fast, take on hard problems, and choose clarity over comfort-because that’s how meaningful work gets done.\nImpact: Your work directly protects the world's most critical organizations.\nWant to go deeper? 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