Forward-Deployed Security Engineer

About Strix

We believe that software is the foundation of modern civilization, yet vulnerabilities threaten its integrity, security, and resilience. Strix is on a mission to solve security.

Strix builds autonomous AI penetration testing agents that think like attackers: discovering, validating, and helping fix real vulnerabilities across live applications, codebases, and infrastructure, continuously, not once a year. We are looking for strong technical people who want to work at the intersection of AI, security, and infrastructure.

About this role

We're seeking a Forward-Deployed Security Engineer to be the technical bridge between Strix and our customers, running engagements, tuning the platform to each environment, and turning agent findings into fixed vulnerabilities.

You're excited about this role because you will…

• Deploy and operate Strix inside customer environments, from kickoff to eye-opening findings

• Triage and validate agent-discovered vulnerabilities and communicate impact to security teams

• Feed what you learn in the field back into the product and the agents

• Become a trusted security advisor to some of the most interesting engineering organizations

Qualifications

• 3+ years in security engineering, penetration testing, or solutions/security consulting

• Strong understanding of application security and common vulnerability classes

• Scripting ability (Python, bash) and comfort working across varied customer stacks

• Excellent written and verbal communication with technical and executive audiences

• A tendency to leave things in a better way than you found them

What we offer

• Competitive salary with meaningful equity

• Health, vision, and dental insurance

• Office lunch and dinner (when working from our New York office)

Strix is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.

To all recruitment agencies: Strix does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to Strix employees. Strix is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with the Company.