Software Engineer (AI Code Audit)
- Level
- Mid
- Work type
- Hybrid ¡ Ghent
Not stated in the posting: salary, visa.
Open. First seen 3 October 2026.
About the role
aikidosecurity's standard text
đ Weâre making security suck less for developers.
Security tools havenât 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.
Weâre taking on legacy security tools teams have been stuck with, and weâre winning. If you want to help us take market share and build products developers actually enjoy using, youâre in the right place.
Founded in 2022 by third-time founders, Aikido has $85M in the bank and a long runway ahead. Weâre building toward self-securing software. Join an all-star team. Take real ownership. Push boundaries. Build things that matter.
Weâre looking for a Software Engineer in our AI Pentest team who focuses on the AI Code Auditing product. Youâll expand agent capabilities, improve our AI agent architecture, and ship improvements fast with the product and engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Extend agent capabilities so they can find vulnerabilities more effectively.
- Build and maintain the real-world integrations and tooling used by our agents.
- Improve the reliability, performance, and accuracy of our AI Code Audit platform.
- Work with engineering to bring validated improvements into production and own features end-to-end.
- Strong Python skills.
- AI-native mindset with hands-on experience building with AI workflows, agents, or LLM-based systems.
- Strong engineering fundamentals and the ability to move independently.
- Security mindset or experience with web/mobile application security.
- Self-starter who works well without a rigid structure.
- Nice to have: experience building security tools, offensive security knowledge, or agentic architectures.
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
LLM
Rare in aikidosecurity's other 29 open postings.
Standard for software engineering roles
Python
Common in software engineering postings at any company.
68% of this description is written for the role. The rest is aikidosecurity's standard text, folded away below.
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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
- AI Engineer (Infrastructure Pentest) posted Jul 22
- 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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