Software Engineer - Platform / Core Infrastructure

📋 Description

• • As a Software Engineer - Platform / Core Infrastructure at X-Bow Systems Inc., you will design and implement the complex distributed infrastructure that powers the company's AI-powered offensive security platform, enabling seamless deployment across multiple cloud providers and environments while directly contributing to the mission of staying ahead in the cybersecurity arms race through cutting-edge AI innovation.
• • You will own end-to-end infrastructure development—from design and implementation to production support—working with TypeScript, Kotlin, and Go to build scalable, resilient systems that handle event-driven architectures, optimize cloud services across compute/storage/networking/observability, and implement disaster recovery strategies to ensure high availability and performance.
• • You will join a high-trust, high-velocity team of builders, hackers, and researchers led by Oege de Moor (creator of GitHub Copilot) and backed by top-tier investors, where your work will have immediate impact on developer experience and product performance in a mission-driven environment focused on solving seemingly impossible security challenges.
• • You will grow by mastering modern infrastructure-as-code practices (Terraform, CDK), deepening expertise in multi-cloud deployment (AWS, Azure, OCI), advancing skills in observability and performance tuning, and gaining hands-on experience with technologies like Kafka, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, and async workflows—all while shaping internal developer platforms and contributing to a category-defining AI security product.
• • [What the person can learn or achieve in this role (1-2 bullet points)]
• • You will achieve tangible impact by enabling the autonomous discovery and validation of real-world zero-day vulnerabilities at scale, directly contributing to XBOW’s #1 ranking on HackerOne’s global leaderboard and helping organizations get proof-backed security results in hours instead of weeks.
• • You will grow into a technical leader by shaping infrastructure strategy, mentoring peers through collaboration with AI and security researchers, and gaining end-to-end ownership of systems that power a cutting-edge AI security platform—positioning yourself at the forefront of AI-driven cybersecurity innovation.