Software Engineer

Praetorian, Remote within the United States

The role

We are looking for high-performing, mission-aligned individuals. We prioritize performance over politics and purpose over transaction. This environment is built for those who seek ownership and impact.

Is Praetorian the right fit for you? If you are someone who obsesses over the problem, defaults to open communication, and wants to work with a team that refuses to accept mediocrity—then you have found your home.

The Mission

Praetorian is an expert-driven offensive security company. Our mission is to prevent breaches before they occur. We help organizations shift from an "assume breach" mentality to adopting offensive security as a core strategy of prevention.

What you need

Who We Are Looking For

We are looking for a Software Engineer who operates with clear ownership. You’re not just filling a seat. You’re setting the standard. You believe great execution brings strategy to life.

What You Bring

The Foundation: A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics, backed by 0–5 years of experience in cybersecurity, startups, or tech companies.
Backend Fluency: You write Go that is idiomatic, testable, and production-ready. You understand serverless architectures, API design, and working with databases under real load.
Systems Thinking: You reason about distributed systems, concurrency, failure modes, and data flow. You don't just write the function—you think about what happens when it's called ten thousand times a second.
Frontend Ability: You apply software engineering principles to guide AI agents to build responsive, performant UI in maintainable code. You care deeply about the final user experience and do not stop iterating until it is right.
Builder's Instinct: You have side projects, open-source contributions, or technical writing that shows you build because you want to, not because someone told you to. You've shipped something real outside of a classroom.

If This Position Is Wildly Successful, In One Year You Will Have

Shipped major features across the Guard platform that security teams rely on daily
Built infrastructure that scales, such as queue-based scanning pipelines, graph query optimization, and AWS serverless architecture.
Written code that your teammates trust: clean and well-tested. Your pull requests raise the bar and your reviews make the people around you sharper
Integrated AI tooling into your development workflow, moving fast in complex systems without sacrificing quality or understanding
Honed your product skills by turning high-level requests into practical features that real customers rely on and generate delights.
Demonstrated ownership across the full stack, from CloudFormation templates and Lambda handlers to React components and Playwright tests, not because you were told to, but because the problem demanded it
Closed the gap between field findings and platform capabilities by partnering with offensive security engineers to translate recurring vulnerability patterns into automated detections that multiply the team's impact
Contributed to Praetorian's engineering culture through technical blog posts, internal knowledge sharing, or open-source contributions that reflect the depth of what we're building
Mentored junior engineers and contributed to a culture of continuous learning, raising the technical floor across the team through your example and your investment in the people around you

Why Praetorian?

We offer a culture built on high performance and deep ownership.

Elite Talent: Work alongside the top 1% of the industry—composed exclusively of high performers who raise the bar.
Our DNA: We are defined by action, grit, and uncompromising transparency. We move fast, take on hard problems, and choose clarity over comfort—because that’s how meaningful work gets done.
Impact: Your work directly protects the world's most critical organizations.

Want to go deeper? Explore our New Hire Survival Guide to dive into Praetorian's mission, vision, values, and culture.

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