Senior Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

About Prophet SecurityAt Prophet Security, we're building an AI-native security operations platform that accelerates detection, investigation, and response. Our founding team brings over 30 years of cybersecurity experience from Abnormal Security, Expel, Mandiant, McAfee, and more. We're focused on disrupting the $400B security labor market by building the future of automated security operations — and we're looking for engineers who want to build the foundation that makes it all possible.About the RoleThe Platform team owns the infrastructure, tooling, and engineering systems that every product team at Prophet depends on. As a Platform Software Engineer focused on Developer Productivity, you'll be the person who unblocks the rest of engineering: improving our deploy cadence, hardening our test infrastructure, and building the scaffolding for an AI-native development lifecycle.This is a high-leverage, cross-cutting role. You'll work closely with the rest of the Platform team and product engineering teams to identify root causes behind developer friction and deployment blockers, build lasting fixes, and raise the quality bar across the entire codebase.What You'll DoBuild and mature our testing infrastructure — establish patterns, frameworks, and tooling for unit, integration, and end-to-end testing across servicesOwn the CI/CD pipeline end-to-end — design, implement, and continuously improve build, test, and deployment pipelines to double our deploy frequencyAct as a force multiplier for engineering — remove bottlenecks, standardize best practices, and improve the day-to-day developer experience across the companyChampion reliability and observability — help establish SLOs, alerting, and monitoring across the platform; use instrumentation, data, and automation to drive decisions on system health and engineering velocityCollaborate with product, engineering, and security partners — be an embedded partner for Core Product squads, embedding safety, reliability, and scalability into everyday development practicesWhat We're Looking ForRequired5+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years focused on DevOps, platform, or infrastructure engineeringDemonstrated experience designing and operating CI/CD systems at scale (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, ArgoCD, or similar)Strong proficiency in Python and/or Go, with the ability to write production-quality backend codeExperience building automated testing frameworks (unit, integration, E2E) for distributed systemsFamiliarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)Strong debugging instincts - you can trace failures across distributed systems and identify root causes systematicallyProven ability to work cross-functionally, aligning stakeholders and driving adoption of shared tooling, workflows, and standardsClear written and verbal communication; you can explain technical tradeoffs to both engineers and non-engineersNice to HaveExperience in a startup environment, ideally Series A/B stageExposure to AI/ML workloads or LLM-powered systemsBackground in security or experience building security toolingExperience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi)Familiarity with observability stacks (Datadog, OpenTelemetry, etc.)Our CultureWe provide great benefits, meaningful equity, and a fun, inspiring environment. Our values:Customer Centricity: We place customers at the core of our decisions.Practicality over Perfection: We value efficient solutions and agile decision-making.Strive for Excellence: We are committed to high standards and continuous improvement.Transparent Communication: We encourage open, honest dialogue and trust.Have Fun: We foster a positive environment that balances hard work with enjoyment.

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