About Dropzone AI

Dropzone AI is the leading AI SOC Analyst category and is trusted by security teams like UIPath, Zapier, Indiana Farm Bureau worldwide to automate tedious, repetitive tasks. Our platform autonomously investigates alerts 24/7, integrates seamlessly with existing security tools, and delivers decision-ready investigation reports. Dropzone AI eliminates alert fatigue and accelerates incident response, empowering security teams to address real threats proactively without adding headcount. No playbooks, no code, no prompts - just streamlined security operations. Dropzone AI is a 2024 Gartner Cool Vendor for Modern Security Operations and is featured in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Security Operations 2025. The Dropzone AI team is thrilled to be recognized in the AI Agent Category by being a RSA Innovation Sandbox 2024 Finalist, a Madrona IA40 Intelligent Applications Winner, CBInsights AI 100 2025 winner, and a 2025 CyberShark Pitch Competition Finalist. Learn more at www.dropzone.ai.

About the role

The Senior or Principal Software Engineer, Security will own the design, architecture, and delivery of core capabilities that power Dropzone AI’s autonomous investigation platform. This role is pivotal in shaping how we integrate with the global security ecosystem, expand our AI’s investigative reach, and deliver outcomes that set us apart in the market. 

What you'll do

• Lead the design and development of core platform capabilities that enable our AI to autonomously investigate and respond to security alerts.
• Architect and implement new integrations with security tools, cloud services, and data sources to expand the breadth and depth of our automated investigations.
• Evolve the investigation logic and pipelines to handle new classes of security alerts, balancing accuracy, performance, and maintainability.
• Review and analyze investigations performed by our AI to identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement, and then translate those insights into product enhancements.
• Partner with security, GTM, and customer success teams to define technical direction, prioritize features, and ensure we’re solving the most impactful problems for defenders.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers, setting best practices for secure, reliable, and scalable software development.
• Contribute directly to our Python codebase, while influencing architectural decisions and long-term platform strategy.
• Drive quality through automated testing, performance monitoring, and secure coding practices.
• Periodically participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation 

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in a senior or principal-level role leading projects or influencing technical direction. 
• Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining security-focused software products or large-scale security tooling.
• Strong backend development skills in Python, with the ability to produce clean, maintainable, production-grade code.
• Expertise integrating with and building on top of security platforms (e.g., SIEMs, SOAR, EDR, cloud security services).
• Solid understanding of modern security operations practices, detection engineering, and common attack techniques and vulnerabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead end-to-end feature development from problem definition and architecture to implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Comfortable making decisions balancing both rapid delivery and long-term maintainability
• Early-stage startup mindset. You thrive on ambiguity, move with lightspeed execution, and can translate ambiguity into shipped features that move the business forward. 

Work Environment/Travel

We are a 100% remote company where you will work from your home with company-provided equipment to set you up for success. Semi-frequent travel to professional office settings and other events locally and nationally; some overnight travel expected.

Compensation

In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base salary range below, exclusive of fringe benefits or potential bonuses. If you are hired at Dropzone your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience. In addition to those factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Please keep in mind that hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a generous benefits package, including company paid health insurance, 401K Plan, Self-Managed PTO, parental leave, and more.