AI Engineer (Infrastructure Pentest)
- Level
- Mid
- Work type
- Hybrid Ā· Ghent
Not stated in the posting: salary, visa.
Open. First seen 3 October 2026.
About the role
aikidosecurity's standard text
š Weāre making security suck less for developers.
Security tools havenāt kept up with how software is built today. They interrupt teams, slow releases, and turn security into a bottleneck instead of a capability. We built Aikido to change that. Aikido builds developer-first security products that reduce real risk without getting in the way of shipping software. We focus on what actually matters and automate the rest.
Weāre taking on legacy security tools teams have been stuck with, and weāre winning. If you want to help us take market share and build products developers actually enjoy using, youāre in the right place.
Founded in 2022 by third-time founders, Aikido has $85M in the bank and a long runway ahead. Weāre building toward self-securing software. Join an all-star team. Take real ownership. Push boundaries. Build things that matter.
We're looking for an AI Engineer to join our AI Pentest team and build the infrastructure agents powering our next-generation offensive security platform.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the new AI Infrastructure Pentest product (a new product you will build from scratch): building agents to perform internal+external infrastructure, network, and cloud security assessments.
- Build the LLM and network integrations of the agents, as well as the pipeline used by our AI hacking agents.
- Launch MVP and quickly iterate based on feedback from clients.
- Work with the Product team in understanding what specifications are most important for Aikido's customers.
- Strong Python or TypeScript skills.
- Internal/network penetration testing background, such as Active Directory penetration testing.
- Experience with AI workflows and agentic architectures.
- Self-starter who works well without a rigid structure.
- Strong engineering skills and an experiment-driven approach focused on shipping ideas.
- Nice to have: experience building security tools
What you can expect
- Short decision lines. Big ownership. Shape the projects that matter and ship fast.
- Grow as fast as we do. Take on more, own more, and carve out your own path.
- Top-tier tech pay and equity.
- High trust, strong values, zero corporate BS.
- Flexibility in working hours.
- A company that sticks to its values in an open and informal atmosphere.
aikidosecurity's standard text
We hire for talent, drive, and potential. Everything else is noise.
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
Active Directory Ā· TypeScript
Rare in aikidosecurity's other 29 open postings.
Standard for data science / ML roles
LLM Ā· Python
Common in data science / ML postings at any company.
68% of this description is written for the role. The rest is aikidosecurity's standard text, folded away below.
Read against aikidosecurity's other open postings on this site.
The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 13 open in Engineering. 5 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in September: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
AWS (7 of 13), Python (7 of 13), Penetration Testing (5 of 13), TypeScript (5 of 13), CI/CD (4 of 13), Kubernetes (4 of 13), LLM (4 of 13)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Backend Developer (Autofix) posted Oct 13
- AI Engineer posted Oct 11
- Cloud Security Engineer posted Oct 5
- Site Reliability Engineer posted Sep 26
- Developer Relations posted Sep 21
- Senior Cloud Engineer (GovCloud / FedRAMP) posted Sep 16
- Software Engineer (Go, Runtime Security) posted Jul 29
- Product Manager (AutoShip) posted Jul 28
- AI Engineer (Code Audit) posted Jul 22
- Software Engineer (AI Code Audit) posted May 20
- Customer security engineer (pentest) posted Jan 16
- Full Stack Developer posted Sep 3
From the team and dates on aikidosecurity's own job board.
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