Security Engineer

Responsibilities

• Own security reviews and threat modeling for new and existing product surfaces
• Build and improve core security processes, including secure SDLC and detection & response
• Harden cloud and application infrastructure and drive remediation of high-priority risks
• Define how to secure AI agents and govern their use, addressing guardrails, data exposure, and prompt-injection risks
• Support enterprise customer trust through security questionnaires and compliance efforts like SOC 2
• Partner closely with product and infrastructure engineering to embed security into the shipping process

Requirements

• 4-5+ years of hands-on information security experience
• Experience working at a startup or early-stage company with comfort in ambiguous environments
• Strong fundamentals in application security and cloud security (AWS/GCP)
• Pragmatic judgment with the ability to prioritize risk effectively
• Clear communication skills and a collaborative, low-ego approach

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience securing AI agents, LLM systems, or governing AI agent use within an organization
• Experience with enterprise compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001

Benefits

• Top-of-market compensation ($200K – $315K)
• Equity ownership in a high-growth company
• Opportunity to solve frontier security problems in the AI space
• Work alongside a world-class engineering team

About the Company

Nooks is an applied AI lab building the Agent Workspace for GTM. We design AI agents that operate across the full sales action set, from account strategy to prospect research and outreach. Our mission is to 10x every seller by automating busywork so they can focus on closing deals. Today, over 1,500 customers run on Nooks, including Notion, HubSpot, Cursor, and Rippling.