Senior Software Engineer (Go)

About this role

🌍 We're making security suck less for developers.
Security tools haven't kept pace with modern software development. They interrupt teams, slow releases, and turn security into a bottleneck. Aikido is changing that. We build developer-first security products that reduce real risk without getting in the way of shipping software. We focus on what matters, automate the rest, and make security a capability, not a blocker.
Founded in 2022 by third-time founders, Aikido has $85M in the bank and the runway to build for the long term.
Following our acquisition of Root.io in June 2026, the team formed Agentic Factory: the business unit moving beyond vulnerability detection to automated remediation.
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Go) to build and own the systems that drive this.

Responsibilities

• Write modular, testable, and efficient code using Golang, JavaScript, PHP, and other languages.

• Manage Argo pipelines in K8s and Lambda deployments.

• Research complex optimization problems.

• Understand the fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.

• Really comfortable in a very entrepreneurial environment.

• Can think along with architectural and impactful decisions.

• Willing to learn new languages when the product requires it.

• Comfortable researching and tackling hard problems and algorithms (eg parsing with ASTs).

• Willing to experiment (and also willing to perhaps throw away some code)

• Fluent in English

Nice to have

• Experience in cybersecurity: CVEs, containers, software supply chain security, or pentesting.

• Experience working with AI agents (Langfuse, LangChain, etc.)

• Experience with Go or TypeScript.

What you can expect

• Short decision lines. Big ownership. Shape the projects that matter and ship fast.

• Grow as fast as we do. Take on more, own more, and carve out your own path. Top-tier tech pay and equity.

• High trust, strong values, zero corporate BS.

• Flexibility in working hours.

• A company that sticks to its values in an open and informal atmosphere.

We hire for talent, drive, and potential. Everything else is noise.