Senior Software Engineer (Go)

🌍 We're making security suck less for developers. Security tools haven't kept pace with modern software development. They interrupt teams, slow releases, and turn security into a bottleneck. Aikido is changing that. We build developer-first security products that reduce real risk without getting in the way of shipping software. We focus on what matters, automate the rest, and make security a capability, not a blocker. Founded in 2022 by third-time founders, Aikido has $85M in the bank and the runway to build for the long term.

Following our acquisition of Root.io in June 2026, the team formed Agentic Factory: the business unit moving beyond vulnerability detection to automated remediation.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Go) to build and own the systems that drive this.

Responsibilities

• Write modular, testable, and efficient code using Golang, JavaScript, PHP, and other languages.
• Manage Argo pipelines in K8s and Lambda deployments.
• Research complex optimization problems.
• Understand the fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.

• Really comfortable in a very entrepreneurial environment.
• Can think along with architectural and impactful decisions.
• Willing to learn new languages when the product requires it.
• Comfortable researching and tackling hard problems and algorithms (eg parsing with ASTs).
• Willing to experiment (and also willing to perhaps throw away some code)
• Fluent in English

Nice to have

• Experience in cybersecurity: CVEs, containers, software supply chain security, or pentesting.
• Experience working with AI agents (Langfuse, LangChain, etc.)
• Experience with Go or TypeScript.

What you can expect

• Short decision lines. Big ownership. Shape the projects that matter and ship fast.
• Grow as fast as we do. Take on more, own more, and carve out your own path. Top-tier tech pay and equity.
• High trust, strong values, zero corporate BS.
• Flexibility in working hours.
• A company that sticks to its values in an open and informal atmosphere.

We hire for talent, drive, and potential. Everything else is noise.