Principal Software Engineer, Endpoint AI Security

Principal Software Engineer, Endpoint AI Security

Description -

HP is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and security of AI-enabled endpoint security solutions. This is a senior technical leadership role responsible for building secure, scalable software while driving innovation in endpoint protection, security automation, behavioral detection, and AI-powered security capabilities. The ideal candidate combines deep software engineering expertise with strong security knowledge and experience delivering complex products at scale.

Key Responsibilities

Lead architecture, design, development, testing, and deployment of complex software products and endpoint security solutions.

Drive development of AI-enabled security capabilities, including behavioral analytics, anomaly detection, automation, and security copilots.

Ensure AI models, agents, prompts, data, and inference pipelines are secure, privacy-aware, resilient, and protected from misuse.

Establish secure development practices, guardrails, monitoring, access controls, and validation processes for AI-powered features.

Partner closely with Product Management, Security, Privacy, AI/ML, and Engineering teams to deliver secure, high-quality solutions.

Define and lead AI security testing, including adversarial testing, prompt-injection testing, abuse-case testing, and security validation.

Mentor engineers, conduct design and code reviews, and champion engineering excellence and DevSecOps best practices.

Evaluate emerging technologies and drive innovation across endpoint security and AI initiatives.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.

10+ years of software engineering experience delivering complex software products or platforms.

Strong expertise in software architecture, distributed systems, scalability, reliability, and secure software design.

Deep Linux development experience, including system services, networking, performance-sensitive applications, and endpoint security solutions.

Strong programming skills, particularly in C++ , with experience in Python , C# , Java, and/or JavaScript/TypeScript.

Experience with cloud platforms (Azure and/or AWS), CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and modern DevOps practices.

Knowledge of endpoint security principles, authentication, authorization, encryption, threat modeling, and secure coding.

Familiarity with AI security concepts such as prompt injection, adversarial attacks, model protection, and secure AI integration.

Strong communication, leadership, problem-solving, and mentoring capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with EDR, XDR, anti-malware, behavioral detection, endpoint monitoring, or security automation products.

Experience integrating AI/ML or generative AI into production software.

Knowledge of Go, Rust, Django, .NET MAUI, React, Next.js, or Vue.

Experience with AI red-teaming, adversarial testing, and AI risk frameworks (NIST AI RMF, MITRE ATLAS, OWASP GenAI).

Familiarity with Linux security technologies, TPM, Secure Boot, trusted execution environments, and privacy-preserving telemetry.

Key Skills

Endpoint Security

AI Security

Software Architecture

Linux

C++

Python

Cloud Computing (Azure/AWS)

DevOps

Secure Coding

Threat Modeling

CI/CD

Automation

Leadership & Mentorship

The pay range for this role is $147,050 to $230,850 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Long term/short term disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Generous time off policies, including;

4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure

11 paid holidays

Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave ( US benefits overview )

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Job -

Software

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (United States of America)

Travel -

Relocation -

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