# Product Security Engineer at BackOps AI

- Company: BackOps AI
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://backops.ai
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-19
- Apply: https://jobs.gem.com/backops-ai/am9icG9zdDqxeGTOoeEQU4_VtXxwop5c?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/backops-ai-product-security-engineer/

## 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


Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/backops-ai-product-security-engineer/