Security Engineer, Agent Security

As a Security Engineer on the Agent Security Team, you will be at the forefront of securing OpenAI s cutting-edge agentic AI systems. Your role will involve designing and implementing robust security frameworks, policies, and controls to safeguard OpenAI s critical assets and ensure the safe deployment of agentic systems.

You will develop comprehensive threat models, partner tightly with our Agent Infrastructure group to fortify the platforms that power OpenAI s most advanced agentic systems, and lead efforts to enhance safety monitoring pipelines at scale.

The team s mission is to accelerate the secure evolution of agentic AI systems at OpenAI. To achieve this, the team designs, implements, and continuously refines security policies, frameworks, and controls that defend OpenAI s most critical assets against the unique risks introduced by agentic AI.

• Strong software-engineering skills in Python or at least one systems language (Go, Rust, C/C++)
• Deep expertise in modern isolation techniques with container security and kernel-level hardening
• Hands-on network security experience implementing identity-based controls and policy enforcement
• Cloud security depth on at least one major provider (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Familiarity with AI/ML security challenges