--- title: 'Software Development Engineer II – Sensors / Systems & Security Engineering at Safe Security' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/software-development-engineer-ii-sensors-systems-security-engineering-safe-cydk4ng6jt1q' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Software Development Engineer II – Sensors / Systems & Security Engineering at Safe Security - **Company:** Safe Security - **Location:** Bengaluru, India - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-08-17 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/safe/d15de9fc-f1f9-4123-9149-d39398bd7988 ## Job description Most boards and executives are currently flying blind when it comes to cyber risk. They are guessing. At Safe, we’ve built an AI-driven engine that finally gives the C-Suite a clear, quantified, and real-time view of their security posture. We don’t just provide data; we provide certainty. We are a $170M Series C-funded category leader. We don’t play in the mid-market; we operate at the highest levels of global enterprise. Today, we are proud to serve 10% of the Fortune 500, protecting global icons such as Apple, Netflix, AT&T, Verizon, and Victoria’s Secret. As we scale toward our next chapter, we are looking for high-performers who want to do the best work of their careers at the intersection of AI and Cybersecurity. The Culture Memo: Our Operating System Safe is not a typical corporate environment. We are a high-intensity, mission-driven team. We value builders who want to define a category and work alongside people who are equally committed to excellence. Extreme Ownership: We don’t do "not my job." We hire people who see a gap and own the solution from start to finish. The Elite Standard: We serve the most sophisticated companies on the planet. Our work must be bulletproof. Whether it’s a line of code or a sales deck, we aim for Tier-1 quality every time. Methodology & Rigor: We don’t wing it. From Force Management and MEDDICC in sales to data-driven sprints in engineering, we rely on proven frameworks to stay disciplined and predictable. Radical Candor: We move too fast for politics or sugar-coating. We value direct, honest feedback that helps us find the right answer quickly. The Series C Hustle: We have the stability of a well-funded leader but the heart of a startup. The Perks & Ownership: We want our team to feel like owners because they are owners. We trust our people to manage their results and their time. Meaningful Equity: Every "Safestar" is a shareholder. You aren’t just an employee; you are a partner in our success. Unlimited Leaves: We don’t believe in clock-watching. We offer unlimited leave because we trust you to take the time you need to recharge while staying committed to the mission. Comprehensive Benefits: We provide top-tier medical insurance and wellness benefits to ensure you and your family are well cared for. Career Trajectory: We are growing aggressively. For high-performers, the path for advancement moves at the speed of your ambition. What You'll Do: - Design and develop lightweight security sensors/agents running inside customer environments. - Build capabilities for asset discovery, network scanning, vulnerability detection and exposure validation. - Develop reliable, long-running system software with a focus on performance, resource usage, concurrency, and stability. - Work extensively with Windows/Linux internals, processes, sockets, filesystems, networking and system APIs. - Build communication between distributed sensors and the SAFE cloud with secure authentication, encryption, retries and offline recovery. - Implement sensor lifecycle management, including installation, configuration, health monitoring and software/rule updates. - Debug complex issues spanning application code, operating systems, customer networks, proxies, firewalls and infrastructure. - Build strong diagnostics, telemetry and logging so problems can be investigated without requiring direct access to customer systems. - Participate in low-level and high-level design discussions and independently own well-defined components/features through production. What We're Looking For: - 3–6 years of software development experience, preferably building systems, infrastructure or security products. - Strong programming experience in one or more of C++, Go or Python. - Strong understanding of Windows/Linux and operating-system fundamentals. - Good understanding of networking concepts, including: - TCP/IP and sockets - DNS - ## HTTP/HTTPS - TLS - Proxies - Routing - NAT - Firewalls and network segmentation - Experience with multithreading/concurrency, asynchronous programming and inter-process communication. - Understanding of software security and secure communication practices. - Ability to troubleshoot issues independently across code, OS and network boundaries. Strongly Preferred: - Experience building endpoint agents, sensors, collectors, daemons or system services. - Experience working on cybersecurity, endpoint security, vulnerability management, micro-segmentation, EDR or network security products. - Experience building software deployed across large heterogeneous enterprise environments. - Familiarity with CVE, CVSS, vulnerability scanners and exposure management. - Experience with secure auto-update / software distribution mechanisms. - Familiarity with containers and technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. - Experience developing software that needs to operate reliably across Windows and Linux environments. What Good Looks Like: You should be comfortable going beyond: "The API returned an error." and investigating: Sensor → process → socket → DNS → proxy/firewall → network → cloud service to determine exactly where and why something failed. You should be equally comfortable reasoning about: - Why is a process consuming excessive CPU or memory - Why communication works in one customer network but fails in another - How to safely upgrade thousands of deployed sensors - How to recover when a sensor loses connectivity for several hours - How to execute security scans without destabilising customer infrastructure - How to collect enough diagnostics to troubleshoot systems you cannot directly access The ideal candidate is fundamentally a systems/security engineer who can build reliable software, rather than a conventional CRUD/backend application developer. If you’re passionate about cyber risk, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and want to be part of a team that’s redefining security, we want to hear from you! 🚀 ## About Safe Security ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Safe Security provides an autonomous cyber risk management platform powered by Agentic AI, unifying enterprise, third-party, and AI-related risk quantification and mitigation. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series C, raised $70M in 2025; total funding >$170M) - **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, California, USA (with additional offices in New York, New Jersey, Santa Clara, Bengaluru, New Delhi) - **Founded**: 2012 - **Founders**: Saket Modi (Co-Founder & CEO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Cybersecurity – specifically Cyber Risk Management (CRQ), Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), and Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM). - **Target customers**: B2B – enterprises, Fortune 500 companies, CISOs, TPRM and GRC leaders. - **Mission**: Automate the understanding, prioritization, and management of cyber risk to accelerate AI adoption and digital transformation. ## Products & Services - **SAFE Platform**: An AI-native, API-first platform that autonomously quantifies, prioritizes, and manages cyber risk across first-party, third-party, and AI systems. It replaces manual processes with a fleet of specialized AI agents. - **SAFE TPRM**: Third-Party Risk Management module launched in 2024, using 40+ specialized AI agents to automate vendor risk assessments. - **SAFE CTEM**: Continuous Threat Exposure Management solution, fully autonomous, unveiled in 2025. - **Cyber Risk Quantification (CRQ)**: Joint research with MIT, uses the SAFE Score and $ Value at Risk to translate cyber risk into business language. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue ~$72.5M (estimated, per industry data); has more than doubled revenue three years in a row. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: John Chambers (former Cisco CEO), Sorenson Capital, Eight Roads (Fidelity Investments), Telstra Ventures, WTI, British Telecom. - **Growth Signals**: Acquired RiskLens (2023) and Balbix (2025); recognized as Leader in Forrester Wave for CRQ; named top 10 hottest cybersecurity products of 2024; won CISO’s Choice Award; certified “Great Place To Work” in US and India. ## Competitive Advantages - **Unified platform** combining CRQ, CTEM, and TPRM into a single agentic AI-driven system – eliminates silos. - **Agentic AI automation** replaces manual workflows, enabling real-time risk decisions at scale. - **Deep partnerships** with MIT and backing from iconic industry leaders provide credibility and research-backed algorithms. - **Proven traction** with Fortune 500 customers and 120% year-over-year growth since platform launch in 2020. ## Strategic Focus - Building “CyberAGI” – the next evolution of autonomous cyber risk management. - Expanding the agentic AI fleet to cover more risk domains (enterprise, third-party, AI). - Accelerating digital transformation by making cyber risk measurable and manageable in business terms. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Emphasizes “Autonomy & Accountability” – employees are expected to contribute and create from day one. Work-life harmony is a stated value. - **Diversity & Inclusion**: Recognized as critical to global hyper-growth; actively promotes inclusive hiring. - **Compensation**: Offers company equity and performance bonuses. Employer rating 4.0/5.0 (443 reviews) – Compensation rated 4.4, Career 4.1. - **Benefits**: Family medical leave, healthcare benefits, job training and talent development. - **Work model**: On-site roles available in multiple offices (Palo Alto, New York, New Delhi, Bengaluru, etc.); hybrid/remote policy not explicitly stated but offices are in major tech hubs. - **Growth**: Rapidly scaling company (doubled revenue 3 years in a row) with opportunities to work on cutting-edge AI/cybersecurity problems. ## Sources 1. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/safe-ccrm) 2. [Safe Security About Page](https://safe.security/about-us/) 3. [Safe Security Jobs Page](https://jobs.safe.security/) 4. [Lever Careers Portal](https://jobs.lever.co/safe/) 5. 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