Senior Software Engineer: AI Gateway

Delinea
Mexico City, Mexico
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Candidates with backend engineering experience in secure access technologies and AI-related protocols will find this role in a fast-evolving identity security domain.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 8+ years in backend or networking systems and a passion for identity security
    — “Typically 8 or more years building production backend or networking systems.
  • Individuals who have worked on systems inspecting or controlling traffic in the request path
    — “Hands-on experience with proxies, gateways, API gateways, or other systems that sit in the request path and inspect or control traffic.
  • Engineers with experience in evolving products across releases and managing transitions
    — “Experience evolving a product across releases, including moving capabilities between systems without disrupting customers.

Things to consider

  • The role demands handling AI agents and protocols like Model Context Protocol with minimal guidance.
    — “Ability to work complex problems with limited direction and make sound design trade-offs.
  • Candidates should expect to work closely with product and platform teams on a regular basis.
    — “Partner with product and with the teams building the platform's proxy and access engine.

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with just-in-time access and policy enforcement in traffic control systems
    — “Enforce just-in-time access and policy decisions in the request path
  • Showcase your skills in modern backend languages like Go, C#, Java, or Rust
    — “Strong skills in a modern backend language such as Go, C#, Java, or Rust.
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Individual

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What success looks like

  • build new AI security features
  • connect product to platform
  • prove experience with real customers
Typical background
experience in software engineering, AI security

Skills & requirements

Required

AI Security FeaturesAccess Proxy ProductProtocol HandlingIntegration With Platform

Preferred

Ai-enabled Tools And Workflows

Stack & domain

AICloud-nativeIdentity SecurityAutomationProblem-solvingTeamworkSecurityCloud

About the role

Original posting from Delinea via Ashby

About Delinea:

Delinea is a pioneer in securing human and machine identities through intelligent, centralized authorization, empowering organizations to seamlessly govern their interactions across the modern enterprise. Leveraging AI-powered intelligence, Delinea’s leading cloud-native Identity Security Platform applies context throughout the entire identity lifecycle – across cloud and traditional infrastructure, data, SaaS applications, and AI. It is the only platform that enables you to discover all identities – including workforce, IT administrator, developers, and machines – assign appropriate access levels, detect irregularities, and respond to threats in real-time. With deployment in weeks, not months, 90% fewer resources to manage than the nearest competitor, and a 99.995% uptime, Delinea delivers robust security and operational efficiency without compromise. Learn more about Delinea on Delinea.com http://Delinea.com, LinkedIn https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fdelinea%2F&data=05%7C02%7CMichele.Eaton%40delinea.com%7C766420d58b9a492d94ca08ddd6949f59%7C18d6ed03f0e5486183d2bb7b6c7c2bb2%7C0%7C0%7C638902656186877399%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=b1LCPIWSjxvblUYLlabUnRZ43S8rcspTQcBZsz0UbmU%3D&reserved=0, X https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fdelineainc&data=05%7C02%7CMichele.Eaton%40delinea.com%7C766420d58b9a492d94ca08ddd6949f59%7C18d6ed03f0e5486183d2bb7b6c7c2bb2%7C0%7C0%7C638902656186902236%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=goZhva9hWR8F0P5pO6SQUEwigdbvbZiWqmw5%2BHhhf1A%3D&reserved=0, and YouTube https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2F%40Delinea&data=05%7C02%7CMichele.Eaton%40delinea.com%7C766420d58b9a492d94ca08ddd6949f59%7C18d6ed03f0e5486183d2bb7b6c7c2bb2%7C0%7C0%7C638902656186928751%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uXgjuXTFu4kHWBJZ1XdNWN88Mrk5iT9Y24Ejw8fFBi8%3D&reserved=0.

Join our passionate, global team at Delinea and help us make the world a safer and more secure place. Our success is driven by world-class product leadership, outstanding engineers, and strategic investment from TPG. We value diversity, innovation, and a culture of respect and fairness. If you're ready to push boundaries and challenge the status quo in security, we want to hear from you.

Apply today to help us achieve our mission.

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER: AI GATEWAY

JOB TITLE SUMMARY

Hybrid position in MEXICO CITY

Securing AI comes down to controlling what AI agents can do at the moment they act, and the gateway is where that control happens. In this role you will add new AI security features to our access proxy product and help carry that capability into the Delinea Platform, first by connecting that product to the platform and proving the experience with real customers, then by moving those features natively into the platform without disrupting the customers already using them. This role will report directly into our Director of Engineering, Securing AI.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Build new AI security features into our access proxy product, the point where agent and user traffic is inspected and controlled.
  • Treat protocols such as Model Context Protocol (MCP) as enforcement boundaries, and build controls for agent-to-agent communication.
  • Connect that product to the Delinea Platform and prove the experience with design and paying customers on live capability.
  • Move those features into the Delinea Platform as the product matures, keeping customers running smoothly throughout the transition.
  • Enforce just-in-time access and policy decisions in the request path, drawing on the platform's identity and authorization building blocks.
  • Partner with product and with the teams building the platform's proxy and access engine.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

  • Typically 8 or more years building production backend or networking systems.
  • Hands-on experience with proxies, gateways, API gateways, or other systems that sit in the request path and inspect or control traffic.
  • Strong skills in a modern backend language such as Go, C#, Java, or Rust.
  • Experience evolving a product across releases, including moving capabilities between systems without disrupting customers.
  • Ability to work complex problems with limited direction and make sound design trade-offs.

WE'D LOVE TO SEE

  • Experience with secure access technologies such as privileged access management, zero trust network access, or SSH, RDP, and database proxying.
  • Familiarity with AI agents, Model Context Protocol, or LLM traffic.
  • Background in security or identity.

Why work at Delinea?

  • We're passionate problem-solvers helping the world's largest organizations protect what matters most: their human and machine identities.
  • We invest in people who are smart, self-motivated, and collaborative.
  • What we offer in return is meaningful work, a culture of innovation and great career progression.

At Delinea, our core values are STRONG and guide our behaviors and success:

  • Spirited - We bring energy and passion to everything we do
  • Trust - We act with integrity and deliver on our commitments
  • Respect - We listen, value different perspectives, and work as one team
  • Ownership - We take initiative and follow through
  • Nimble - We adapt quickly in a fast-changing environment
  • Global - We embrace diverse people and ideas to drive better outcomes

We believe weaving these core values into our day-to-day actions, and our process for hiring, evaluating, and promoting employees, helps us cultivate a work environment that embraces collaboration and camaraderie.

We take care of our employees. We offer competitive salaries, a meaningful bonus program, and excellent benefits, including healthcare insurance, as well as pension/retirement matching, comprehensive life insurance, an employee assistance program, time off plans, and paid company holidays.

Delinea is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type with regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Upon conditional offer of employment, candidates are required to complete comprehensive criminal background check, verification of education, and verification of employment, per employment policy. In addition, all publicly posted social media sites may be reviewed.

Source: Delinea careers (Ashby)

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