About the role

What will you do at Fortinet?

Principal Agent Security Engineer

Responsibilities

* Build AI security solutions for enterprise customers.
* Design and implement security controls for agentic AI systems.
* Provide technical leadership across product development, working closely with
Product, Engineering, and QA teams to define architecture, drive technical
decisions, and deliver secure and scalable solutions.
* Develop pre-sales and post-sales tools and environments to support customer
evaluations, deployments, troubleshooting, and integration.
* Own and operate production services, including troubleshooting, performance
optimization, reliability improvements, and ongoing hardening of
security-critical systems.
* Research emerging technologies and security trends to identify new
opportunities and develop innovative solutions.
* Drive technical strategy and product roadmap, including new feature design,
architecture evolution.

Requirements

* Strong software engineering skills in Python or Go, or in a systems language
such as Rust or C/C++.
* Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, or equivalent practical
experience.
* 8+ years of experience building and operating production backend services,
including architecture ownership of security-critical and highly available
systems.
* Strong system design and architecture skills, with the ability to make sound
technical trade-offs across security, scalability, reliability, and
performance.
* Self-driven and proactive, with strong problem-solving, debugging, and
technical leadership skills and a focus on delivering high-quality solutions.
Strong Plus
* Experience with LLM and agent security, including areas such as prompt
injection, tool poisoning, jailbreaks, and agent security controls.
* Agentic AI architecture — Deep understanding of MCP and A2A, with hands-on
experience designing and building agentic AI systems, including tool-calling
and agent frameworks.
* Cybersecurity background — Professional experience in application security,
network security, identity, API security, or other cybersecurity domains.
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $212,000-$259,000.
Fortinet offers employees a variety of benefits, including medical, dental,
vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k), 11 paid holidays, vacation time,
and sick time, as well as a comprehensive leave program.
Wage ranges are based on various factors, including the labour market, job type,
and job level. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the
candidate's subject knowledge, skill level, qualifications, experience, and
geographic location.
All roles are eligible to participate in the Fortinet equity program. Bonus
eligibility is reviewed at the time of hire and annually at the Company’s
discretion.
Why Join Us:
We encourage candidates from all backgrounds and identities to apply. We offer a
supportive work environment and a competitive Total Rewards package to support
you with your overall health and financial well-being.
Embark on a challenging, enjoyable, and rewarding career journey with Fortinet.
Join us in bringing solutions that make a meaningful and lasting impact to our
890,000+ customers around the globe.
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) secures the largest enterprise, service provider, and
government organizations around the world. Fortinet empowers its customers with
intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the
power to take on ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless
network - today and into the future. Only the Fortinet Security Fabric
architecture can deliver security without compromise to address the most
critical security challenges, whether in networked, application, cloud or mobile
environments. Fortinet ranks number one in the most security appliances shipped
worldwide and more than 500,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their
businesses.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified
individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance or accommodation due to
a disability, please contact us at [email protected].
Fortinet is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in our company,
and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without
regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, disability, age, military/veteran status or any other
applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the
candidate is applying.

Which skills does this role require?

PythonGoRustC++System designAI securityLLM securityBackend servicesPrompt injectionTechnical leadershipDebuggingSystem architectureScalabilityReliabilityPerformanceSoftware engineeringProduction servicesEnterprise customersFortinet Security FabricCloud securityMobile environmentsLLMsProduct Strategy

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