Fortinet
Software Engineer (Agent Security)
Santa Clara, CA · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of backend development experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Build AI security solutions for enterprise customers, including controls for agentic AI systems and tools supporting customer evaluations, deployments, troubleshooting, and integration.
What you'll do
- Design and implement security controls for agents, tools, and agent-to-agent interactions.
- Work with PM and QA teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions.
- Develop pre-sales and post-sales tools and environments, and research emerging technologies and security trends.
What they ask for
- Strong software engineering skills in Python or Go, or 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 reliable services at scale.
- 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.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with the agentic AI ecosystem, including MCP, tool calling, and agent frameworks.
- Experience with LLM and agent security, or a cybersecurity background, particularly in application, network, identity, or API security.
Tools
Python, Go, Rust, C/C++, HTTP, gRPC, WebSocket, MCP
AI focus
Build security solutions and controls for agentic AI systems; work may address prompt injection, tool poisoning, jailbreaks, and agent security controls.
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