Staff Engineer - Security at Emergent

Department: Engineering

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka
Level: staff+
Posted: Sep 18, 2026

Description

Emergent is hiring a Staff Security Engineer to secure the full-stack infrastructure powering AI-generated applications and autonomous software creation. The role covers application, product, cloud, infrastructure, runtime, CI/CD, and agent-pipeline security, including threat modeling, secure-by-default frameworks, isolation, AWS/GCP hardening, zero-trust architecture, detection systems, and security tooling. Candidates need 8–15+ years of security engineering experience across application and cloud/infrastructure security, strong coding and automation skills, and experience securing systems that execute untrusted or user-generated code.

Required Skills

Python
JavaScript/TypeScript
AWS/GCP
Kubernetes
IAM
Network security
Container security
Runtime protection
Threat modeling
Zero-trust architecture
Red teaming

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 8–15+ years of security engineering experience
Hands-on experience across application/product security and cloud/infrastructure security
Experience securing AI/LLM or agentic systems
Experience with sandboxed or ephemeral execution environments
Experience securing high-scale, multi-tenant platforms
Experience building security systems rather than only identifying vulnerabilities
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with prompt injection, output validation, and AI-specific threat models
Experience building scalable security solutions for environments where millions of applications or workloads may be generated and executed dynamically
Translation Company Name: Emergent Labs