Staff Software Engineer (AI Governance)

About this role

Build and maintain Coder’s AI governance products for developer tooling: an LLM gateway for centralized authentication, auditing, token tracking, and cost control, and an agent firewall for default-deny network policies. The role spans backend, frontend, and LLM provider integrations, with a focus on security, enterprise needs, and open-source contributions.

About the company

Coder provides cloud development environments and AI development infrastructure that helps enterprises provision, govern, and secure developer workspaces.

The team

AI Governance team, within Research & Development and Enterprise Engineering.

Stack

What you'll do

• Design and ship features for remote development in self-hosted environments.
• Build and improve open-source integrations with VS Code, JetBrains, and other developer tools.
• Harden AI governance and security boundaries, including gateway and network-policy capabilities.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, partners, and enterprise customers on integrations and policy needs.
• Document system design, implementation, and operations.
• Support enterprise users in collaboration with Customer Success.

What we're looking for

• 8+ years of professional full-stack software engineering experience.
• At least 1 year of Go experience, ideally in a current or recent role.
• Proficiency building distributed systems in Go.
• Strong communication, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.
• Self-motivated, creative, and analytical approach.

Nice to have

• TypeScript and React experience.
• Background in developer tooling, platform engineering, or infrastructure as code.
• Interest in developer tools and emerging technology trends.

Benefits

• Equity
• Bonus

Hiring process

1. Interview process typically takes 2–4 weeks and includes individual contributors, managers, and senior leaders.
2. AI assistance is not permitted during conversational interviews; it is allowed for take-home assessments if disclosed.