Software Engineer 3 - (Python, AI, Vulnerability Research)

Akina, Inc. is hiring a Software Engineer 3 to design, develop, and integrate AI-enabled capabilities for computer network exploitation and vulnerability research. The role owns complex software features and subsystems, builds AI-assisted research workflows and sandbox-based analysis tools, and contributes technical direction while mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain AI-enabled software and research tooling supporting CNE and vulnerability research workflows
• Own the design and delivery of complex features and subsystems, including requirements refinement, implementation, testing, deployment, and sustainment
• Develop and integrate agentic AI harnesses that orchestrate research tools, manage execution state, collect evidence, and evaluate results
• Build and extend sandbox-based dynamic analysis capabilities for executing and observing software, capturing runtime behavior, and reproducing suspected vulnerabilities
• Integrate debugging, instrumentation, fuzzing, crash analysis, and related research tools into automated or researcher-directed workflows
• Establish repeatable evaluations that measure finding validity, reproducibility, false-positive rates, and the usefulness of AI-assisted analysis
• Develop backend services, APIs, data pipelines, and user interfaces that make research capabilities accessible and results traceable
• Troubleshoot complex issues across application code, AI integrations, research tooling, and execution environments; improve performance, reliability, and observability
• Lead design and code reviews within assigned areas, document technical decisions, mentor engineers, and communicate progress, risks, and tradeoffs to stakeholders