This role pays less than
80%
of similar roles. Most pay
$151,475–$215,178
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$145k
versus about
$183k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Fortinet
Fortinet is a US-based cybersecurity company best known for its FortiGate next-generation firewalls. It sells a broad security platform spanning network security, SD-WAN, endpoint protection, cloud security, and SIEM/SOC operations.
Fortinet currently has
56 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$170,000–$219,000
across 46 roles with salary data.
As a Senior Software Engineer (Agent Security), you will join the team to build AI security solutions specifically for enterprise customers. Your daily responsibilities involve designing and implementing security controls for agentic AI systems, including tools and agent-to-agent interactions, while collaborating cross-functionally with product management and quality assurance teams. You will develop pre-sales and post-sales tools to support customer evaluations, deployments, and troubleshooting. The role requires proficiency in Python, Go, Rust, or C/C++ to build reliable services on cloud-native infrastructure using protocols like HTTP, gRPC, and WebSocket. You will address critical security challenges such as prompt injection, tool poisoning, and jailbreaks within the agentic AI ecosystem. Ideal candidates possess experience with MCP, tool calling, and various agent frameworks while applying expertise in application security, network security, identity, or API security to protect complex systems.
What does a Software Development Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 73 postings across 8 companies.
eBPF
Linux Kernel
Systems Programming
Linux Internals
Kernel APIs
Driver Development
Networking Systems
Agent Development
Runtime Security
Data Collection
Testing Methodologies
eBPF
Linux Kernel
Systems Programming
Linux Internals
Kernel APIs
Driver Development
Networking Systems
Agent Development
Runtime Security
Data Collection
Testing Methodologies
eBPF
Linux Kernel
Systems Programming
Linux Internals
Kernel APIs
Driver Development
Networking Systems
Agent Development
Runtime Security
Data Collection
Testing Methodologies