AI Security Engineer - Infrastructure Cloud

About this role

Emergent builds autonomous coding agents that replace traditional software development by generating, testing, and deploying production applications directly from plain-language intent. Our systems run in production at global scale and are used to build millions of real applications.

Since our public launch, we've crossed $100M in ARR and grown to over 10M users across 190+ countries. We're backed by Khosla Ventures, SoftBank, Google, Lightspeed, Prosus, Together, and Y Combinator.

We're solving the hard part of AI-driven software creation: correctness, reliability, security, and scale in real production systems. The team is built by repeat founders, Olympiad medalists, IIT & IIM alumni, and leaders from Google, Amazon, and Dropbox.

We're hiring builders who want ownership, speed, and impact at global scale.

The Role

Emergent runs a massive, multi-tenant, AI-driven execution environment where code is generated and executed continuously.

You will secure the infrastructure that powers autonomous software creation.

What You’ll Do

Secure multi-tenant execution environments

• Design sandboxing strategies for untrusted code execution

• Prevent container escapes, privilege escalation, and lateral movement

• Build isolation at compute, network, and storage layers

Own cloud security architecture

• Harden AWS/GCP infra (IAM, VPCs, secrets, workloads)

• Design zero-trust systems across services

• Build secure service-to-service communication

Runtime security & detection

• Build detection systems for:

• abnormal execution patterns

• malicious workloads

• data exfiltration attempts

• Integrate logging, SIEM, and real-time alerting

Secure CI/CD and agent pipelines

• Protect build systems and deployment pipelines

• Prevent supply chain attacks in AI-generated code

• Ensure integrity of artifacts

What We’re Looking For

• 6–12 years in Cloud / Infrastructure Security

• Deep experience in:

• AWS/GCP

• Kubernetes, containers

• IAM & secrets management

• Strong understanding of:

• container security

• network security

• runtime protection

What Sets You Apart

• Experience with:

• sandboxed execution environments

• serverless or ephemeral compute

• high-scale multi-tenant systems

• You think like:
“What happens when millions of unknown programs run on my infra?”

Why Emergent

• Build security for AI systems that build software

• Operate at global scale (millions of apps, millions of users)

• Work directly with founders and core engineering

• Solve problems that don’t exist anywhere else yet

Benefits and Perks:

• Daily Meals: Lunch and Dinner provided

• Family Insurance: 3 Lakhs worth of coverage for you and your family

• Unlimited Paid Time Off: Take the time you need to recharge and come back refreshed

• Flexible Working Hours: Work arrangements that fit your life and commitments

Let's build the future of software together.