Experience:

• 3+ years of software engineering or security engineering experience
• Experience building and maintaining backend services including REST APIs, authentication, authorization, rate limiting, streaming, and observability
• Hands-on experience building AI-powered systems using LLM APIs, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, multi-agent architectures, and semantic search

Qualification:

• Strong proficiency in Python or Go for building production-grade backend services, APIs, and data pipelines

Additional responsibilities:

• Partnering with engineering teams to prioritize and remediate application and infrastructure security risks
• Supporting incident response and on-call needs by contributing security engineering expertise, tooling, automation, and analysis when security issues arise
• Identifying new opportunities for automation and AI augmentation across the security team, bringing fresh eyes and independent thinking to a growing backlog of high-impact work

More skills:

streaming, LLM APIs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, application security, threat modeling, SSDLC practices

Other:

• Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
• Rejuvenation Policy – Flexible Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + holiday company shutdown
• New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
• Mental health support
• Paid sabbatical after 5 years for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge, and pursue their interests
• Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
• Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible for the Wifi Stipend)
• Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy (Only remote Nerds are eligible for these stipends)
• 401K with 4% company match
• Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums