Kai is the AI company rebuilding cybersecurity for the machine-speed era. Founded by second time founders and trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises, Kai is building a future where security has no categories, no silos, and no human speed bottlenecks. The Kai Agentic AI Platform replaces fragmented, human-limited workflows with agentic AI systems that continuously contextualize, assess, reason, and execute security work at machine speed - making human defenders, superhuman.
Why Join Kai
- Well-funded: With $125M raised, we have the capital, runway, and resolve to rebuild cybersecurity from first principles.
- Proven: We've earned the trust of Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies, and we're just getting started. Their confidence in Kai reflects what we've built: an AI-powered cybersecurity platform that performs at the scale and speed the enterprise demands.
- Experienced founders: Our founding team consists of second-time entrepreneurs, each with over 20 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry. Their proven expertise and vision drive our ambitious goals.
- World-class leadership team: Our Heads of AI, Engineering, and Product bring extensive experience from some of the world’s most influential companies, ensuring top-tier mentorship, direction, and vision.
- Frontier AI Applied Research Team: Our researchers operate at the leading edge of agentic AI systems, translating breakthrough capabilities into real-world cybersecurity applications.
- Generous compensation: We offer highly competitive salaries, equity options, and a supportive work environment. Your contributions will be valued and rewarded as we grow together.
Why This Role Matters
This role focuses on automating workflows, improving platform reliability, and supporting engineering teams with efficient development and deployment practices. In a world where digital experiences shape trust and adoption, Devx experience increases development productivity which directly drives product success and customer confidence.
What You’ll Do
- Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or similar tools to automate build, test, and release workflows.
- Manage and optimize Git-based workflows, including branching, versioning, and release strategies.
- Operate applications using Kubernetes, ensuring scalability and reliability.
- Provision and manage infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
- Troubleshoot and debug system-level issues across pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and application environments.
- Partner with development teams to improve developer workflows and reduce friction in software delivery.
- Ensure best practices around security, reliability, and performance across platforms.
- Create and maintain documentation for developer tools and platform processes.
What We’re Looking For
- 3+ years of experience in DevOps, DevX, Platform Engineering, or similar roles.
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps Pipelines or equivalent CI/CD tools.
- Strong working knowledge of Git and modern version control practices.
- Experience deploying and managing workloads on Kubernetes.
- Practical experience with at least one major cloud provider: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Strong experience using Terraform for infrastructure automation.
- Proven ability to diagnose and resolve system and infrastructure issues.
- Comfortable working in Linux environments and writing basic scripts.
- Bonus Skill: Experience with monitoring and observability tools.
This is a 5-day per week in-office role in our San Jose, CA location