Staff Engineer - Stealth Security Startup - $200k-$350k + equity

limitlessSan Francisco Bay Areafull_timestaff

$200,000 – $350,000 USD

Tech Stack

Solid badges = required, outlined = preferred

Responsibilities

  • Build and own the backend graph infrastructure, traversal, resolution, and cloud security data layers.
  • Design the agentic platform running on top of the graph, including backend architecture for business-context-aware AI security agents.
  • Work directly with founders and an elite team to define product and platform from scratch.
  • Ship production-grade, low-level systems with absolute reliability and security as table stakes.
  • Contribute to the core backend and graph infrastructure that the entire security agent platform is built on.

Soft Skills

Cloud Security

Benefits

  • Equity

Culture

Startup EnergyFast-PacedOn-Call RotationCollaborative Space

Requirements

Regions: Us

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About limitless
Industry: security
Size: startup

Limitless is a stealth security startup focused on developing context-aware AI security agents to protect against vulnerabilities in AI-generated code, founded by an experienced team with a history of successful ventures in the security space.

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Compensation
Base salary: $200,000 – $350,000 USD
Equity: equity