AI Automation Engineer, Nucleus Security
Automated vulnerability management solution
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Automated vulnerability management solution
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
21-100 employees
Company mission
To transform vulnerability and exposure management programs to help enterprises and government agencies prioritize and mitigate risk faster, at scale.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, or build engineering roles
- Strong Python development experience
- Experience with containerization and automation tooling, especially Docker
- Prior experience building CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins, or similar platforms
- Experience working in Linux environments
- Ability to independently scope, design, and build scalable automation systems
- Demonstrated interest or experience in AI tooling or intelligent automation
- Hands-on experience with AI technologies, LLM APIs, and agentic workflows (OpenAI API, Claude Code, etc…)
Desirable
- Experience designing internal developer tools or platform engineering systems
- Familiarity with Observability and Monitoring platforms (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Sentry)
- Familiarity with PHP and its ecosystem, particularly in the context of Composer and package/dependency management
- Experience in test automation using Selenium
- Experience building and maintaining test harnesses and automating QA processes as part of a CI/CD workflow
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a passionate and inventive AI Automation Engineer to help build out the glue between our tools, automate critical workflows, and push the boundaries of what's possible with modern AI-assisted development
- As an AI Automation Engineer, you will be at the forefront of engineering productivity at Nucleus
- You'll work across internal systems and developer workflows to build scalable, intelligent automation for everything from bug triage to pull request generation
- You'll also partner with stakeholders across engineering and operations to ensure our internal tooling accelerates, rather than slows down, our product innovation cycle
- You will spend your time evenly split between designing systems that integrate across a range of developer tools, and implementing intelligent, AI-driven workflows that drive efficiency, accuracy, and insight
- Build and maintain internal automation tools that streamline critical engineering workflows including bug triage, code quality checks, automated QA pipelines with Selenium, CI/CD triggers, and more
- Design and implement intelligent, agentic workflows using LLMs and automation frameworks
- Own core metrics infrastructure and automate insights delivery around engineering performance and operational bottlenecks
- Build and maintain integrations between our CI/CD pipelines and internal systems
- Partner with the QA, engineering, and operations teams to ensure tooling is secure, maintainable, and scalable
- Collaborate with stakeholders to explore and implement automation around dependency management, especially within PHP-based and Python systems
- Contribute to the future of Nucleus’ build and deployment infrastructure
- Participate in cross-team discussions, architectural reviews, and proof-of-concept development with an eye toward scaling innovation internally
- Work closely with the QA team to design, develop, and maintain our automated test frameworks and end-to-end tests using Selenium and related tools
Our take
Nucleus Security was founded to accelerate, automate, and evolve vulnerability management. The platform impressively allows organizations to mitigate vulnerabilities 10 times faster while using only a fraction of the resources previously required.
What sets Nucleus apart is its focus on complex enterprises. With nearly 100 integrations, the platform unifies existing tools in a security stack, making it easier for companies to streamline their security operations. Its been a success too, attracting major clients like Canva, Toyota, and Orange,
Named the 85th fastest-growing company in North America on the 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™, Nucleus continues to lead the way in transforming vulnerability management for enterprises.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Feb 2024
$23m
SERIES B
Mar 2022
$20m
SERIES B
Total funding: $46.1m
Company benefits
- Stay Healthy: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and disability plans at no premium
- Secure Your Future: Generous 401(k) plan with company contribution and tuition reimbursement
- Take Time for Yourself: Flexible PTO to encourage a healthy work-life balance
Leadership
Steve Carter
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded Rampant Technologies, where they continue to serve as a Board Member and Advisor. Has also served as Senior Software Engineer at Raytheon, and Senior Security Software Engineer at LTC Engineering.
Scott Kuffer
(Co-Founder & COO)Previously worked at Rampant Technologies, as Head of Commercial and Security Engineer.
Nick Fleming
(CTO)Previously Systems Security Engineer at Rampant Technologies, and Information Assurance Engineer at both Lockheed Martin and Solers.
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