BackOps is the AI resolution layer for companies that make or move physical goods. It improves and executes internal processes across systems, internal teams, and external parties. Backed by Gradient Ventures.
About the role
We are looking for the engineer who owns that. This is a hands-on role and the first dedicated product security hire, so you will build the product security practice and do the work at the same time. You will work closely with engineering and infrastructure on how our systems get built and run, and with product on what gets built next. You will read the code, write the fix, and ship guardrails that engineers keep switched on because they are fast and mostly right. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Own product security end to end: authentication, authorization, multi-tenant isolation, APIs, and the data model behind them
- Threat model the agent platform. Define what an agent is allowed to do in a customer's systems, prove the boundary holds, and design what happens when an agent is asked to do something it should not
- Build the secure development lifecycle: design review, code review standards, and scanning in CI with a triage path engineers actually use
- Run application vulnerability management end to end. Find it, prioritize it by real exploitability rather than by scanner severity, get it fixed, verify the fix
- Set the security bar for AI-assisted code. A large share of our code is written with coding agents, and human ownership of what merges is not optional
- Secure the software supply chain: dependencies, build pipeline, artifacts, and third-party integrations
More about this role
About BackOps
BackOps AI transforms supply-chain operations with agentic AI that automates complex workflows, freeing teams to focus on what matters most. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, we foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and measurable impact.
The Role
Our agents take real actions inside our customers' live operations. They read from and write to the systems a supply-chain team runs its business on. That makes authorization, tenant isolation, and the blast radius of a single agent action product design questions, and it puts product security on the critical path of every enterprise deal we close.
We are looking for the engineer who owns that. This is a hands-on role and the first dedicated product security hire, so you will build the product security practice and do the work at the same time.
You will work closely with engineering and infrastructure on how our systems get built and run, and with product on what gets built next. You will read the code, write the fix, and ship guardrails that engineers keep switched on because they are fast and mostly right.
Your Impact
In this role, you will own the security of the BackOps product end to end, and set the...
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