Abnormal
Senior Software Engineer - Product Engineering (Identity Security)
About the role
Abnormal is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to build out their Identity Security product, a new platform addressing the explosion of identities across cloud infrastructure and AI systems. You'll join a founding-stage team of 8-10 engineers shipping code daily, working directly with customers to iterate quickly toward product-market fit. The role blends hands-on engineering with leadership—you'll set technical standards, help grow the team, and guide product direction in a space where legacy security tools fall short. This position suits engineers who thrive in ambiguity and enjoy early-stage dynamics: high ownership, fast iteration, and direct customer feedback loops. You'll need 5+ years of software engineering experience, a track record shipping products in fast-moving environments, and fluency reading and writing code (Python or Go preferred). Leadership experience is required—you should have hired and developed engineers before. Bay Area residency is mandatory with a 25% in-office expectation. Bonus qualifications include enterprise security product experience, familiarity with ML systems or infrastructure, and exposure to AWS, Kafka, and microservices. Abnormal offers competitive compensation ($179,800–$258,500 base), equity, and bonus potential, plus the chance to work alongside veterans from Google, Twitter, Pinterest, Amazon, and Microsoft on a product critical to the company's future. This is a hybrid role in San Francisco.
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Senior Software Engineer - Identity Security
Enterprises are undergoing two simultaneous transformations: moving critical infrastructure to the cloud and adopting AI agents at scale. Both create an identity explosion—humans, service accounts, and AI agents now outnumber traditional users 10-to-1, each with permissions that legacy tools can't govern. Abnormal's Identity Security team is building the platform to secure this new reality: unified visibility across all identity types, behavioral intelligence that understands what's normal, and AI-native automation that operates at cloud speed. We're extending the same behavioral approach that made Abnormal the leader in email security to protect identities across cloud infrastructure and AI systems.
The Identity Security team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build this critical product area. You'll start hands-on with a small team, shipping code while growing the product toward market fit.
What you will do
- Work in a team 8-10 engineers, writing and reviewing code daily alongside them
- Collaborate closely on technical direction while building the foundations for a scalable product
- Partner directly with internal and external customers to gather feedback and iterate quickly
- Grow the team and product as we find traction and expand scope
- Set engineering standards and practices that will scale as the team grows
This Role Is a Fit If You
- Thrive in ambiguity and can guide a small team through uncertainty toward product-market fit
- Have strong instincts for what customers need and how to translate that into product decisions
- Enjoy the founding-team dynamic: small group, high ownership, fast iteration
This Role Is Not a Fit If You
- Prefer working on established teams with well-defined roadmaps
- Are uncomfortable with the ambiguity of an early-stage product still finding its footing
Must Haves
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Track record of shipping products in fast-moving environments
- Ability to read, write, and review code at a high level (Python/Go preferred)
- Experience hiring and developing engineers
- Bay Area location required—we operate with 25% in-office presence
Nice to Have
- Experience building enterprise/B2B security products
- Familiarity with machine learning systems or ML-adjacent infrastructure
- Exposure to AWS, Kafka, containerized services, microservices
Growth Paths
- Expand scope as Identity Security grows, taking on additional product lines
- Build out a larger team as we scale beyond initial product-market fit
What We Offer
The opportunity to join a veteran team that has built enduring ML platforms at Google, Twitter, Pinterest, Amazon, Microsoft, and Expanse. Our customer base includes multiple Fortune 500 companies, and Identity Security is a critical bet for Abnormal's future.
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Actual compensation will be determined based on several non-discriminatory factors including skills, experience, qualifications, and geographic location.
In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.
AI and our hiring process
Abnormal AI uses AI-assisted tools to help our recruiting team prepare for candidate interviews. These tools analyze resume content and role requirements to suggest interview questions and identify areas for the interviewer to explore. They do not make hiring decisions or screen candidates automatically. Every decision about a candidacy is made by a person.
Abnormal AI is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. For our EEO policy statement please click here. If you would like more information on your EEO rights under the law, please click here.
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