Bot Auto
Senior Software Engineer, Security Engineering
Houston, TX +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Location
- Houston, TX
Houston, Texas, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with a strong focus on security.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Designs and operates security across Bot Auto’s autonomous trucking systems, from in-vehicle software to cloud infrastructure, including protections for AI systems.
What you'll do
- Implement onboard security controls such as secure boot, code signing, key management, and secure OTA updates.
- Architect infrastructure and platform security across Kubernetes, AWS, on-premises data centers, and CI/CD systems.
- Assess AI security risks and build guardrails, sandboxing, and monitoring for LLMs and agentic workflows.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with a strong focus on security.
- Software development skills in one or more of Python, Go, Rust, C/C++, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Understanding of applied cryptography, authentication and authorization, secure system design, and common vulnerability classes; production experience securing cloud infrastructure and/or distributed systems.
Nice to have
- Experience with embedded, automotive, IoT, or onboard/edge security.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, AWS security, IaC security, CI/CD hardening, AI/LLM security, IAM, secrets management, security tooling, or security frameworks.
Tools
Python, Go, Rust, C/C++, JavaScript/TypeScript, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform
AI focus
Assess security implications of large language models and agentic workflows, including prompt injection, data exfiltration, and model and supply-chain risks; develop guardrails, sandboxing, and monitoring.
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