Software Engineer 2, Data Security
Company: Abnormal
Location: San Diego
Posted on: January 10, 2026
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Job Description:
Abnormal AI is seeking a Software Engineer II who is a solid
software developer with a strong interest in Security & Privacy to
join the Data Security team. In this role, you will help protect
customer data by implementing rigorous Security and Privacy
standards along with robust governance practices. You will design,
develop, and refine platform solutions that enforce strict
Authentication, Authorization and Auditability (AAA) principles,
ensuring all customer data access is properly verified,
appropriately permitted, and comprehensively logged. The ideal
candidate will have: • Practical Security mindset - ability to
identify and address security vulnerabilities across the entire
software development and operations lifecycle. • Ability to break
down Security & Privacy challenges into practical technical
solutions, and leading their successful implementation. • Skill and
passion for leveraging AI-native approaches to enhance team
workflows and engineering practices. • Opportunity to contribute to
cross-team collaboration with product engineering teams to both
seamlessly integrate Security & Privacy best practices into
microservice architecture and eliminating implementation overhead
for development teams • Opportunity to grow into Senior Software
Engineer on the team, taking on larger projects, driving greater
impact, and assuming additional leadership responsibilities. What
you will do • Apply practical Security principles and AI-native
workflows to effectively deliver technical solutions. • Adopt and
refine AI-native workflows to provide direct leverage for the team.
• Lead and deliver impactful enhancements for the Data Security
team, enforcing Security & Privacy standards to support ongoing
product and market expansion. • Design and implement customer data
governance solutions that enable Security and Privacy by design. •
Reconcile Platform and Security & Privacy requirements, building a
secure platform that empowers global engineering teams to deliver
high quality software at high velocity. • Actively mentor and
support the growth of junior team members Must Haves • BS degree in
Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or
other related engineering field. • 2 years of experience as a
Software Engineer. • Strong Computer Science and programming
fundamentals. • Experience with system design and cloud
infrastructure. • Experience with Golang and Python programming
languages. • Proven track record of leading feature development and
delivering high quality software. Nice to Have • Knowledge of
Authentication & Authorization and Data Security & Privacy problem
space, best practices, and related technologies. • Understanding of
distributed computing, CAP theorem, and system design tradeoffs. •
Ability to differentiate must-have versus nice-to-have Security and
Privacy requirements.
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