
Software Engineer | AI Hacking Agents
Hadrian
Software Engineer | AI Hacking Agents
Hadrian, an offensive cybersecurity startup, is seeking a Software Engineer to build AI hacking agents for its agentic pentest product. The role involves end-to-end ownership of AI-powered offensive security systems, requiring strong Python skills, LLM API experience, and 3+ years of software engineering. Hybrid work in Amsterdam with 50%+ in-person presence.
Software Engineer | AI Hacking Agents
Hadrian, an offensive cybersecurity startup, is seeking a Software Engineer to build AI hacking agents for its agentic pentest product. The role involves end-to-end ownership of AI-powered offensive security systems, requiring strong Python skills, LLM API experience, and 3+ years of software engineering. Hybrid work in Amsterdam with 50%+ in-person presence.
Salary
Core Qualifications
Technical (Must-have)
Soft Skills
Preferred Qualifications
Technical (Nice-to-have)
Key Responsibilities
- Build and optimize AI hacking agents that autonomously perform offensive security tasks and power Hadrian's agentic pentest product.
- Own projects end-to-end, from identifying an opportunity and designing a solution to shipping, operating, and iterating on it in production.
- Evaluate and optimize agent performance, using real-world pentest results and feedback to make our AI hackers more capable and reliable.
- Build high-quality, reliable, and debuggable software across LLM applications, agent harnesses, APIs, prompts, and data models.
- Respond to production issues and bugs, helping ensure our AI systems remain reliable as they operate against real-world targets.
- Move quickly from idea to MVP, learn from real-world feedback, and iterate until you have something that works.