Lumos rebuilt identity for the agentic era, giving you agents that continuously govern access for every human, NHI, and AI in your business, so you stay safe and move fast. Backed by a16z.
About the role
As a Software Engineer on AI Agent Governance at Lumos, you have massive opportunity to help build a brand new product from the ground up in one of the fastest moving markets in software. You'll join a small team who ships fast. Ship backend features end to end, from a rough customer ask to running in production, often in days rather than weeks. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 1+ years of professional software engineering experience, or an equivalent track record of shipping real products
- Strong backend fundamentals. You've built APIs, databases and services that run in production. Our stack is Python, Postgres, OpenSearch and gRPC on AWS
- You're AI native. You understand how agents work under the hood: tool calls, MCP servers, hooks and context
- You're comfortable with ambiguity. You've worked somewhere small and fast, you start before the spec is finished, and you change direction when customers tell you something new
- You take ownership. This is a high-intensity role on a product that's still finding product market fit. We work hard and move fast, and we want people who are excited by that
- Nice to have: experience with endpoint or client software (MDM, software that runs on laptops), a security or identity background
More about this role
Lumos ( lumos.com ) helps every company run a workforce of humans and AI agents safely.
As agents run more autonomously, companies need to know what they can access and control what they can do. Lumos is the identity platform for the agent era. We manage access for every human, machine and AI agent in one place. That way, companies can put AI to work across their business with confidence.
We serve Fortune 500 and high-growth technology companies, including Colgate-Palmolive, Johnson & Johnson and GitHub. Lumos is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Scale Venture Partners and Neo, along with leaders from OpenAI, Google, Salesforce and Anthropic.
🚀 Jump on a rocketship. Since launching out of stealth in April 2022, we've grown from 20 to ~130 Alchemists.
⭐ Customers love us — and so does the industry. Named a Strong Performer in the 2026 Gartner Voice of the Customer for IGA — 4.7/5, with 96% of reviewers saying they'd recommend us. Our customers cut time-to-access by 98%, slash IT tickets by 72%, and eliminate excess privilege at scale.
🏆 A culture worth joining. Three years running on Forbes' Top 100 Best Startup Employers in America (2024, 2025, 2026) — measured on culture, retention,...
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