Software Engineer, Product & Platform
Full-stack engineer building core product and platform systems at Adaptive Security, a cybersecurity startup defending against AI-powered attacks. Day to day you ship end-to-end features across backend services, detection pipelines, and user-facing UIs using Java/Spring Boot, TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL, and AWS, working on-site in NYC five days a week.
- Compensation
- $125K–$300K / yr
- Location
- NYC
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 3+ years of hands-on experience building and operating production software
- Hungry for ownership and autonomy; trusted to make decisions and own outcomes
- Cares about craft balanced with pragmatism (knowing when to prototype, harden, or simplify)
- Communicates clearly and empathetically with different audiences
- Able to work from the New York City office five days a week
Nice to have
- Experience building enterprise SaaS in security, AI, or data-intensive environments
- Has led teams, founded a company, or worked in a high-growth startup environment
- Existing expertise with the stack: Java, Spring Boot, TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL, AWS
Full description
About Adaptive
Adaptive Security is building the next-generation security platform for the AI age.
Attackers can now use AI to generate deepfakes and orchestrate highly personalized attacks at massive scale against anyone in an organization. We help companies prepare for that reality by simulating modern attacks, educating employees, detecting malicious emails, preventing risky behavior, and giving security teams the visibility they need to keep their organizations safe.
We are early, moving quickly, and already emerging as a leader in one of the fastest-growing areas of security. We have raised over $146M to solve a problem that is getting more serious every month. Most recently, we announced our $81M Series B led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from NVIDIA’s NVentures, Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures, and continued support from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), the OpenAI Startup Fund, and Abstract Ventures.
Adaptive was founded by Brian Long and Andrew Jones, repeat entrepreneurs who have built and scaled category-defining companies. They previously co-founded Attentive, which grew to more than $500M in annual revenue and a $10B+ valuation, and TapCommerce, which was acquired by Twitter. Together, they bring deep experience building high-growth, product-led businesses at massive scale as Adaptive builds the security layer for the AI era.
Software Engineer, Product & Platform
We’re looking for an experienced full-stack engineer who is eager to build core product and platform systems across Adaptive. As we scale to 1,200+ customers and millions of employees on our platform, there is no shortage of meaningful problems to solve. You might own a customer-facing workflow end-to-end, design a new simulation capability, scale product infrastructure, improve our detection systems, or help launch a new greenfield product into market.
Our engineers build with a taste for simplicity, extensibility, and maintainability. We keep our systems and codebase approachable so engineers can stay close to the full product, move quickly, and contribute without any domain boundaries. You’ll help us refine problem statements, define solutions, ship the first version, learn from customers, and raise the bar for the team around you.
This is a role for engineers who want the autonomy and ownership that come from being close to the product, close to customers, and close to the technical decisions that shape the company’s future.
What You’ll Do
- Build end-to-end systems. You’ll work with a top-tier engineering team and close cross-functional partners to ship products that prevent AI-powered social engineering. You’ll work across backend services, detection pipelines, product infrastructure, and delightful user experiences.