SandboxAQ

Build and lead the North American sales function for a cybersecurity platform, engaging with enterprise clients and scaling a high-performing team. | 10+ years of cybersecurity sales experience, deep knowledge of cryptography or related fields, proven ability to manage complex enterprise sales, and experience in team leadership. | About SandboxAQ SandboxAQ is a high-growth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the world's greatest challenges. The company’s Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences, financial services, navigation, cybersecurity, and other sectors. We are a global team that is tech-focused and includes experts in AI, chemistry, cybersecurity, physics, mathematics, medicine, engineering, and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent, growth capital-backed company in 2022, funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders. At SandboxAQ, we’ve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and impact. By investing deeply in our people, we’re building a thriving, global workforce poised to tackle the world's epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission, in a community of like-minded people who value entrepreneurialism, ownership, and transformative impact. Role Overview This is a rare opportunity to build the North American sales function for a category-defining cybersecurity platform (AQtive Guard), backed by the stability of a deeply-funded company. As our founding sales leader in the region, you will operate as a 'player-coach' to define the go-to-market strategy, land key enterprise accounts, and scale a high-performing team from the ground up. If you're excited by the prospect of Series A-style impact with the resources of a late-stage venture, this role offers an unparalleled platform for growth and ownership. What You’ll Do: Own and drive new enterprise sales opportunities for AQtive Guard across North America. Build and manage a strong pipeline using strategic account planning, MEDDPICC/Challenger methodologies, and value-based selling. Develop and execute go-to-market strategies in partnership with marketing, sales engineering, customer success, and product teams. Engage directly with CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, and other executive stakeholders to shape business cases, manage complex buying cycles, and drive large enterprise deals to close. Represent SandboxAQ at industry events, executive dinners, and strategic customer briefings. Provide critical field feedback to product, engineering, and leadership teams to refine roadmap and positioning. As revenue grows, recruit, coach, and lead a high-performing North American sales team, including enterprise account executives and sales development resources. Collaborate with global leadership to ensure consistency, forecasting accuracy, and alignment to revenue targets. Minimum Qualifications 10+ years of cybersecurity sales experience with a proven track record of exceeding quota. Deep expertise or strong familiarity with cryptography, identity security, and/or non-human identity (NHI) management. Significant enterprise sales experience selling to Fortune 500 and regulated industries (financial services, government, healthcare, energy, etc.). Experience as a player-coach – successfully driving personal quota while building, mentoring, and scaling teams. Strong network of executive-level security and IT decision-makers. Exceptional ability to manage long, complex sales cycles (12–18 months) while driving urgency and clear business outcomes. Excellent communication, executive presence, and negotiation skills. Preferred Qualifications Background in cryptographic solutions, key management, PKI, HSMs, or adjacent areas of cybersecurity. Prior experience selling innovative or category-creating security technologies and early stage start-ups. Familiarity with post-quantum cryptography and its implications for enterprise security. SandboxAQ Welcomes All We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging and respect, where diverse perspectives are actively sought and valued. Our multidisciplinary environment provides ample opportunity for continuous growth - working alongside humble, empowered, and ambitious colleagues ready to tackle epic challenges. Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. Accommodations: We provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in job application procedures for open roles. If you need such an accommodation, please let a member of our Recruiting team know. Read: Guidance for candidates on using AI Tools in interviews

Design, implement, and maintain secure infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, and lead security initiatives across the product lifecycle. | Strong experience in cloud security, infrastructure as code, security tools integration, and team mentorship in a fast-paced environment. | About SandboxAQ SandboxAQ is a high-growth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the world's greatest challenges. The company’s Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences, financial services, navigation, cybersecurity, and other sectors. We are a global team that is tech-focused and includes experts in AI, chemistry, cybersecurity, physics, mathematics, medicine, engineering, and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent, growth capital-backed company in 2022, funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders. At SandboxAQ, we’ve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and impact. By investing deeply in our people, we’re building a thriving, global workforce poised to tackle the world's epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission, in a community of like-minded people who value entrepreneurialism, ownership, and transformative impact. About The Role The Cybersecurity Group at SandboxAQ is looking for a founding DevSecOps Engineer to build and embed security into our infrastructure and product lifecycle. You will be responsible for functionalizing AQtive Guard, our groundbreaking solution for modern non-human identity and cryptography management. This is a critical role where you will be the first dedicated security engineer on the team, establishing the security foundations for our products that are already launching globally with major organizations. We’re looking for a hands-on engineer who will champion security best practices across our systems. A successful candidate will be comfortable designing, automating, and maintaining secure infrastructure for both on-premise and cloud environments, including local development environments and full CI/CD pipelines. You will work closely with a diverse team of cryptographers, developers, ML experts, and physicists to collaborate on delivering novel and secure solutions. What You’ll Do Design and implement a secure CI/CD pipeline, integrating security testing tools (e.g., SAST, DAST, SCA, and vulnerability scanning) to ensure high-quality, secure deliverables. Automate security processes and controls throughout the software development lifecycle. Work with teams of developers and cryptographers to integrate their advancements into new products, ensuring security is a core component from the design phase. Build and maintain secure, scalable, and fault-tolerant architecture for our cloud (AWS) and on-premise deployments, using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles. Lead vulnerability management and remediation efforts, conducting security reviews, risk assessments, and code audits. Develop and maintain security tooling, incident response plans, and concise documentation for our systems and processes. Champion a culture of security by mentoring developers on secure coding practices and security best practices. Contribute to delivering AQtive Guard for FedRAMP compliance Who You Are US Citizenship and/or security clearance is required due to USG contract requirements Strong experience with security best practices and implementing security controls in a cloud-native environment. Strong experience using, building, and securing infrastructure in AWS. Strong experience managing and orchestrating workloads using Docker and Kubernetes. Proven experience defining secure infrastructure and processes as code using Terraform and managing CI systems. Expertise in building and securing large-scale distributed systems. Hands-on experience integrating and managing security tools within CI/CD pipelines. Strong experience with a few scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash). Ability to work in a small team/rapid prototyping environment and deal with uncertainty and fluidity. Nice to Haves Experience with compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, or FedRAMP). Familiarity with configuration management tools such as Ansible or Puppet. Offensive security experience or certifications (e.g., OSCP). Familiarity with Bazel. Familiarity with streaming frameworks, especially Kafka and Kstreams. Experience w/ enterprise security-tooling like Crowdstrike, Rapid7, or Snyk The US base salary range for this full-time position is expected to be $183k-$256k per year. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. This role may be eligible for annual discretionary bonuses and equity. SandboxAQ Welcomes All We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging and respect, where diverse perspectives are actively sought and valued. Our multidisciplinary environment provides ample opportunity for continuous growth - working alongside humble, empowered, and ambitious colleagues ready to tackle epic challenges. Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. Accommodations: We provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in job application procedures for open roles. If you need such an accommodation, please let a member of our Recruiting team know. Read: Guidance for candidates on using AI Tools in interviews

Coordinate multi-step interview processes, manage candidate and stakeholder communications, and optimize recruiting operations. | 2+ years scheduling or coordination experience, strong communication and organizational skills, familiarity with recruiting tools and ATS. | Description: • Take charge of coordinating our multi-step interview processes, ensuring every detail is in place for a smooth candidate journey. • Serve as the central point of coordination to deliver a smooth, positive, and professional experience for candidates, recruiters, interviewers, and hiring managers. • Build strong relationships with candidates and internal team, ensuring communication is friendly, professional, and always confidential. • Effectively partner with recruiters to bring creative recruiting operations ideas to life. • Collaborate with cross functional partners and stakeholders to ensure alignment throughout the hiring process. • Track, manage, and optimize every interaction while serving as the go-to contact for candidates throughout the interview process. • Maintain accurate data in our applicant tracking systems and other recruitment tools. Requirements: • 2+ years of scheduling or coordination experience, ideally in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills—you’re professional, approachable, and enjoyable to work with. • Team player, thriving in a collaborative space with lots of moving parts. • Impeccable organizational skills and deep attention to detail. • Flexible and able to adapt to shifting priorities with ease. • Creative, process-oriented mindset, always spotting opportunities for innovation and improvement. • Natural ability to connect with all kinds of people—candidates, colleagues, and stakeholders. • General understanding of relevant recruiting tools, such as Google Workspace and Applicant Tracking Systems such as Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, Workday, etc. Benefits: • Competitive salaries • Stock options depending on employment type • Generous learning opportunities • Medical/dental/vision • Family planning/fertility • PTO (summer and winter breaks) • Financial wellness resources • 401(k) plans

Design and implement scalable, secure credential management solutions across cloud and on-prem environments, focusing on credential issuance, rotation, and revocation. | 4+ years backend/fullstack experience with proficiency in Golang, knowledge of enterprise key management systems, distributed scalable infrastructure, and ability to deliver production-grade software in small teams. | About SandboxAQ SandboxAQ is a high-growth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the world's greatest challenges. The company’s Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences, financial services, navigation, cybersecurity, and other sectors. We are a global team that is tech-focused and includes experts in AI, chemistry, cybersecurity, physics, mathematics, medicine, engineering, and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent, growth capital-backed company in 2022, funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders. At SandboxAQ, we’ve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and impact. By investing deeply in our people, we’re building a thriving, global workforce poised to tackle the world's epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission, in a community of like-minded people who value entrepreneurialism, ownership, and transformative impact. About the Role The SandboxAQ Cybersecurity group is looking for a talented software engineer to join our team and contribute to the development of our next-generation cryptography and credential management solution. As a key member of our team, you will work across the stack (backend, frontend, infrastructure) to help design and implement scalable cloud-based systems that enable secure credential management inside enterprise environments. This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of cryptography, key management, policy enforcement, and distributed systems to shape the future of credential management. You will get to work with a diverse group of engineers, product managers, solution architects, cryptographers, and ML experts to rapidly bring the product to market. How We Succeed Together We move fast, build with purpose, and are obsessed with making an impact. Our culture is built for those who want to be at the forefront of innovation, and it's guided by these core principles: We are passionate about solving real-world problems for our customers. We take deep ownership of our work and hold ourselves to the highest standards of excellence. We are a team that stands by our commitments to each other and our customers, building trust through reliability. We are proactive and action-oriented, always seeking opportunities to make a difference and drive our mission forward. We believe in amplifying our collective impact through collaboration. We are dedicated to seeing our projects through to the finish line, ensuring that every detail is accounted for and that our work has a lasting impact. What You’ll Do Build core features around credential issuance, distribution, rotation, and revocation while integrating with a variety of enterprise environments Design and implement security-centric frameworks leveraging open source and proprietary frameworks Develop scalable, performant and highly available solutions oriented at different security problems and environments, for infrastructure both on cloud and on-prem Understand existing security paradigms and solutions, and contribute to building additional security capabilities in those systems Automate, deploy, diligently test and maintain software as part of a long-lasting software engineering cycle Who You Are 4+ years of experience working as a Backend/Fullstack Software Engineer or equivalent Proficiency in Golang with a strong understanding of data structures and concurrency/synchronization Experience working with various enterprise Key Management Systems and solid understanding of current available solutions/technologies for both cloud and on-prem deployments Experience developing distributed, highly available, performant and scalable infrastructure solutions and applications Ability to work in a small team to rapidly iterate and release production quality grade software Nice-To-Haves Knowledge of Rust Experience developing an OS daemon or sidecar Experience working with relational databases Familiarity with AuthN/AuthZ concepts and common frameworks/solutions used in large scale deployments Knowledge of Linux systems and related computer networking fundamentals The US base salary range for this full-time position is expected to be $154k-$216k per year. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. This role may be eligible for annual discretionary bonuses and equity. SandboxAQ welcomes all. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where we have zero tolerance for discrimination. We invest in our employees' personal and professional growth. Once you work with us, you can’t go back to normalcy because great breakthroughs come from great teams and we are the best in AI and quantum technology. We offer competitive salaries, stock options depending on employment type, generous learning opportunities, medical/dental/vision, family planning/fertility, PTO (summer and winter breaks), financial wellness resources, 401(k) plans, and more. Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. Accommodations: We provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in job application procedures for open roles. If you need such an accommodation, please let a member of our Recruiting team know.

You will build core API and SDK features that enable seamless integration between our cybersecurity platform and third-party security tools. This includes designing and implementing developer-friendly SDKs and APIs while ensuring robust integration solutions for enterprise environments. | You have 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on API development and third-party integrations. Proficiency in Rust, Kotlin, or Go, along with a solid understanding of software security principles, is essential. | About SandboxAQ SandboxAQ is a high-growth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the world's greatest challenges. The company’s Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences, financial services, navigation, cybersecurity, and other sectors. We are a global team that is tech-focused and includes experts in AI, chemistry, cybersecurity, physics, mathematics, medicine, engineering, and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent, growth capital-backed company in 2022, funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders. At SandboxAQ, we’ve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and impact. By investing deeply in our people, we’re building a thriving, global workforce poised to tackle the world's epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission, in a community of like-minded people who value entrepreneurialism, ownership, and transformative impact. About the Role The SandboxAQ Cybersecurity group is looking for a talented Staff Software Engineer to join our team and lead the development of our API and SDK integration platform for third-party enterprise customers. As a key member of our team, you will work across the stack (backend, frontend, infrastructure) to design and implement scalable integration solutions that connect our cybersecurity platform with leading security vendors like CrowdStrike, Qualys, and other enterprise security tools. This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of API design, enterprise integration, and distributed systems to shape how our customers consume and integrate our security capabilities into their existing workflows. You will get to work with a diverse group of engineers, product managers, solution architects, cryptographers, and ML experts to rapidly bring integration solutions to market while ensuring seamless interoperability with the broader cybersecurity ecosystem. How We Succeed Together We move fast, build with purpose, and are obsessed with making an impact. Our culture is built for those who want to be at the forefront of innovation, and it's guided by these core principles: We are passionate about solving real-world problems for our customers. We take deep ownership of our work and hold ourselves to the highest standards of excellence. We are a team that stands by our commitments to each other and our customers, building trust through reliability. We are proactive and action-oriented, always seeking opportunities to make a difference and drive our mission forward. We believe in amplifying our collective impact through collaboration. We are dedicated to seeing our projects through to the finish line, ensuring that every detail is accounted for and that our work has a lasting impact. What You’ll Do You will build core API and SDK features that enable seamless integration between our cybersecurity platform and third-party security tools like CrowdStrike, Qualys, Splunk, and other enterprise security platforms. As part of this role, you'll design and implement developer-friendly SDKs and APIs that abstract complex security operations into intuitive interfaces for enterprise customers, while developing scalable, performant and highly available integration solutions oriented at different enterprise environments, supporting both cloud and on-premises deployments. You'll create comprehensive integration frameworks that handle authentication, data transformation, error handling, and monitoring across diverse third-party platforms, building robust webhook and event streaming capabilities to enable real-time data synchronization between our platform and customer security tools. The position involves designing and implementing API versioning strategies, backward compatibility mechanisms, and migration paths for enterprise customers, while collaborating directly with enterprise customers and third-party vendors to understand integration requirements and ensure successful deployments. Your responsibilities will include automating, deploying, diligently testing and maintaining integration software as part of a long-lasting software engineering cycle, establishing monitoring, observability, and alerting systems for integration health and performance across customer environments, and contributing to API documentation, integration guides, and developer resources that enable customer success. Who You Are You have 5+ years of experience working as a Backend/Full-stack Software Engineer or similar role with focus on API development and third-party integrations You have proficiency in Rust, Kotlin and/or Go with a solid understanding of data structures and concurrency/synchronization for building scalable integration platforms You have industry or research knowledge of API design patterns, integration architectures, and enterprise software interoperability You have experience managing user-facing software at scale, including availability, observability, and security fundamentals across enterprise environments You understand software security principles, including API security, authentication flows (OAuth, SAML), and best practices in developing high-quality, secure integration code You have the ability to work in a small team to swiftly iterate and deliver production-quality APIs and SDKs You have hands-on experience building and maintaining REST APIs, GraphQL endpoints, or similar integration interfaces You understand enterprise integration patterns, including data transformation, error handling, rate limiting, and retry mechanisms You can work directly with enterprise customers to gather requirements, troubleshoot integration issues, and ensure successful deployments Nice-To-Haves Experience with quantum computing concepts, quantum-safe cryptography implementations, or cryptography Extensive experience with API and third-party integration, particularly with cybersecurity platforms like CrowdStrike, Qualys, Splunk, or similar enterprise security tools Familiar with Kafka and KStreams for real-time event processing and data streaming between integrated systems Familiarity with Bazel for building complex, multi-language SDK projects Experience with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications and API documentation tooling Knowledge of enterprise authentication and authorization systems (LDAP, Active Directory, SAML, OAuth2) Previous work with webhook systems, event-driven architectures, and real-time data synchronization Understanding of enterprise deployment patterns, including container orchestration and API gateway technologies The US base salary range for this full-time position is expected to be $170k to $235k per year. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. This role may be eligible for annual discretionary bonuses and equity. SandboxAQ welcomes all. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where we have zero tolerance for discrimination. We invest in our employees' personal and professional growth. Once you work with us, you can’t go back to normalcy because great breakthroughs come from great teams and we are the best in AI and quantum technology. We offer competitive salaries, stock options depending on employment type, generous learning opportunities, medical/dental/vision, family planning/fertility, PTO (summer and winter breaks), financial wellness resources, 401(k) plans, and more. Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. Accommodations: We provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in job application procedures for open roles. If you need such an accommodation, please let a member of our Recruiting team know.

You will build and refine CI/CD pipelines for secure and reliable software delivery. Additionally, you will develop internal tools to simplify developer workflows and advocate for developer experience. | Candidates should have over 5 years of experience in DevOps or related roles, with expertise in CI/CD systems and automation. Proficiency in scripting and managing Infrastructure as Code is also required. | About SandboxAQ SandboxAQ is a high-growth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the world's greatest challenges. The company’s Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences, financial services, navigation, cybersecurity, and other sectors. We are a global team that is tech-focused and includes experts in AI, chemistry, cybersecurity, physics, mathematics, medicine, engineering, and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent, growth capital-backed company in 2022, funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders. At SandboxAQ, we’ve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and impact. By investing deeply in our people, we’re building a thriving, global workforce poised to tackle the world's epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission, in a community of like-minded people who value entrepreneurialism, ownership, and transformative impact. About The Role The Cybersecurity Group at SandboxAQ is looking for a Staff DevOps Engineer to build the engineering platform for AQtive Guard, our groundbreaking solution for modern non-human identity and cryptography management. As we deploy globally with major organizations like top-tier financial institutions and government agencies, the speed, quality, and security of our software delivery are critical to our success. In this role, you will champion developer experience by designing, building, and scaling the automation and tooling that streamlines our entire software development lifecycle. You will be a subject matter expert on CI/CD, build systems, and developer productivity, creating the platform that enables our engineers to ship high-quality code rapidly and reliably. The ideal candidate is passionate about automation, removing friction for developers, and building the internal products that make engineering teams faster and happier. How We Succeed Together We move fast, build with purpose, and are obsessed with making an impact. Our culture is built for those who want to be at the forefront of innovation, and it's guided by these core principles: We are passionate about solving real-world problems for our customers. We take deep ownership of our work and hold ourselves to the highest standards of excellence. We are a team that stands by our commitments to each other and our customers, building trust through reliability. We are proactive and action-oriented, always seeking opportunities to make a difference and drive our mission forward. We believe in amplifying our collective impact through collaboration. We are dedicated to seeing our projects through to the finish line, ensuring that every detail is accounted for and that our work has a lasting impact. What You'll Do Take ownership of projects in a fast-paced startup environment, demonstrating a tolerance for ambiguity and a proactive approach to getting things done Build and refine our CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, secure, and reliable software delivery for services written in Kotlin, Go, Rust, and Python, and deployed on Kubernetes Develop and maintain internal tools, scripts, and automation to simplify developer workflows, manage dependencies, and standardize deployments on Kubernetes Act as an advocate for developer experience, actively seeking out and eliminating friction in the engineering workflow from local development to production Who You Are You have a proven ability to thrive on a small team in a fast-paced, fluid environment, effectively managing uncertainty You act as a force multiplier, passionate about building tools and automation that make developers' lives easier You have deep expertise in designing, building, and scaling modern CI/CD systems and developer automation Qualifications 5+ years of production experience in a DevOps, Platform, or Developer Productivity role Extensive experience designing, building, and maintaining complex CI/CD pipelines Production experience with build systems & toolchains spanning multiple languages Advanced scripting and software development skills for building automation and internal tools (e.g., Go, Python, Bash) Experience managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with tools like Terraform Nice-to-Haves Production experience building artifacts in a monorepo Production experience with any hermetic build system, but especially Bazel Proficiency with containerization and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) Experience managing and securing data infrastructure like Kafka and Postgres at scale Familiarity with service mesh technologies such as Istio General knowledge of cryptography The US base salary range for this full-time position is expected to be $183k to $256k per year. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. This role may be eligible for annual discretionary bonuses and equity. SandboxAQ welcomes all. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where we have zero tolerance for discrimination. We invest in our employees' personal and professional growth. Once you work with us, you can’t go back to normalcy because great breakthroughs come from great teams and we are the best in AI and quantum technology. We offer competitive salaries, stock options depending on employment type, generous learning opportunities, medical/dental/vision, family planning/fertility, PTO (summer and winter breaks), financial wellness resources, 401(k) plans, and more. Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. Accommodations: We provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in job application procedures for open roles. If you need such an accommodation, please let a member of our Recruiting team know.

Lead and optimize business operations, strategic planning, budgeting, and organizational cadence for the AI Simulation business unit, partnering across technical and business teams to drive scalable execution and growth. | 12+ years in scaling business operations in tech, deep familiarity with AI or technical environments, strong stakeholder and team management skills, strategic and quantitative expertise, and ability to work in fast-paced startup settings. | About SandboxAQ SandboxAQ is a high-growth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the world's greatest challenges. The company’s Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences, financial services, navigation, cybersecurity, and other sectors. We are a global team that is tech-focused and includes experts in AI, chemistry, cybersecurity, physics, mathematics, medicine, engineering, and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent, growth capital-backed company in 2022, funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders. At SandboxAQ, we’ve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and impact. By investing deeply in our people, we’re building a thriving, global workforce poised to tackle the world's epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission, in a community of like-minded people who value entrepreneurialism, ownership, and transformative impact. About the Role Join us as the Director of Business Operations & Strategy for our AI Simulation Business Unit at SandboxAQ, where you'll architect and optimize the operational engine of a cutting-edge AI + science business unit. This pivotal role drives mission-critical initiatives across compute infrastructure, delivery pipelines, and team scaling. You'll partner deeply with product, engineering, GTM, and leadership to translate high-level vision into impactful execution. You will establish the operating rhythm of the business, streamline execution, and coordinate cross-functional efforts across DevOps, financial operations, program management, client delivery, and business intelligence. Your expertise will ensure operational continuity and maximum efficiency, bringing frontier technologies to real-world impact. Core ResponsibilitiesBuild Operational Infrastructure & Scalable Program Management • Build and own the AI Sim business unit's operating system by streamlining workflows to connect high-level strategy with day-to-day execution. Ensure robust tooling and documentation are in place to support reproducibility, scalable, and compliant systems across internal efforts enabling teams to move fast without breaking things. • Manage all day-to-day business operations and technical infrastructure, in partnership with DevOps and SWE Leads, including compute platforms, internal tooling, observability, and event reconciliation. Drive the creation of automation and dashboards for performance visibility across all functions. • Establish a scalable project and program management approach across engineering and client delivery defining scope, milestones, and delivery standards. Work with Technical Engagement Managers, Account executives, and delivery leaders to oversee onboarding of external accounts, client engagements, and necessary compute infrastructure. Strategic Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting • Lead quarterly and annual planning (OKRs, roadmaps), own the operating plan, manage spend, and model growth. This includes partnering with Leadership and Finance in financial modeling, analyzing investment trade-offs, and communicating your perspective on resource-intensive workflows. • Build the systems that capture and synthesize customer insights and performance data into actionable strategy. You will partner with the central BizOps team to deploy shared dashboards and integrated workflows, ensuring this feedback loop directly informs our product-market alignment. Lead People Systems & Organizational Cadence • Manage and grow the AI Sim Ops team while driving change management. You will partner with senior leaders to solve complex organizational challenges, translating requirements into actionable solutions and overhauling processes to ensure cohesive team performance. • Design and run the operational rhythm for the business unit, coordinating key meetings, reporting cycles, and decision-making processes. Your ownership extends to all major internal events, including all-hands, offsites, and team onboarding. • In close partnership with Recruiting and HR, you will help manage the team's headcount and hiring. • Plan and facilitate dynamic workshops that drive collaboration and embody a "can-do" spirit. You will consistently seek to improve and experiment, fostering an environment of engagement and ensuring the team is aligned with strategic objectives. Qualifications and Skills What you should have: • 12+ years scaling business operations in high-growth tech, specializing in building data-driven operational systems for internal engineering and external customer-facing teams at the intersection of product, engineering, and business. • Deep familiarity with technical environments (AI, simulation, cloud, devops, or data science) and can thrive working alongside senior engineers and scientists. • Demonstrated ability to understand and articulate the value of complex technical products to non-technical audiences. You can switch between high-level strategic thinking and detailed execution. • Demonstrated success designing and managing business cadences (e.g., OKRs, all hands, ops reviews) and running high-functioning, multidisciplinary teams. • You possess excellent stakeholder management skills (Director/VP level) with local and global teams, and a service leadership mindset adept at working cross-functionally and managing relationships across diverse teams, including HR, finance, legal and GTM. • Strong quantitative and strategic skills: able to build and interpret financial models, headcount plans, and business forecasts, and expertise in implementing OKR’s year over year. • Highly organized, proactive communicator, and accountable owner who is comfortable working in a fast-moving startup environment with limited structure. • A Growth mindset, a natural curiosity, and an eagerness to dive deeply to understand new fields of science, new forms of quantitative AI, new markets, new customers, new partners, and new teammates. You are versatile and embody a constant drive for improvement. Some experiences that would make you stand out: • Startup experience in fast-scaling environment • Experience with AI tools (e.g., NotebookLM, internal RAG systems, or workflow builders) and automation using AIExperience with enterprise customer delivery or services teams, especially with external account execution. • Experience with automation, logging, devops, compute orchestration, or AI engineering support. • Experience in science-heavy or regulated sectors such as biopharma, aerospace, medical diagnostics, or defense. • Familiarity with contracts and legal frameworks for delivery partnerships. The US base salary range for this full-time position is expected to be $229k - $321k per year. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. This role may be eligible for annual discretionary bonuses and equity. SandboxAQ welcomes all. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where we have zero tolerance for discrimination. We invest in our employees' personal and professional growth. Once you work with us, you can’t go back to normalcy because great breakthroughs come from great teams and we are the best in AI and quantum technology. We offer competitive salaries, stock options depending on employment type, generous learning opportunities, medical/dental/vision, family planning/fertility, PTO (summer and winter breaks), financial wellness resources, 401(k) plans, and more. Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. Accommodations: We provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in job application procedures for open roles. If you need such an accommodation, please let a member of our Recruiting team know.

Design, build, and maintain mission-critical services in both Kotlin and Go on Kubernetes. Champion and implement best practices for building highly available, fault-tolerant, and observable distributed systems suitable for top-tier financial and government clients. | 5+ years of production experience with at least one of the core languages (Kotlin, Go) and a willingness to learn the other quickly. Production experience with Kafka and Kubernetes is also required. | About SandboxAQ SandboxAQ is a high-growth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the world's greatest challenges. The company’s Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences, financial services, navigation, cybersecurity, and other sectors. We are a global team that is tech-focused and includes experts in AI, chemistry, cybersecurity, physics, mathematics, medicine, engineering, and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent, growth capital-backed company in 2022, funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders. At SandboxAQ, we’ve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and impact. By investing deeply in our people, we’re building a thriving, global workforce poised to tackle the world's epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission, in a community of like-minded people who value entrepreneurialism, ownership, and transformative impact. About The Role The Cybersecurity Group at SandboxAQ is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to help functionalize AQtive Guard, our groundbreaking solution for modern non-human identity and cryptography management, already launching globally with major organizations like top-tier financial institutions and government agencies. We are hiring a Staff Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain mission-critical services in both Kotlin and Go, deployed on Kubernetes and leveraging Kafka to ensure high-throughput, low-latency asynchronous processing of security data. The ideal candidate is passionate about building fault-tolerant and highly available systems, and will be instrumental in pushing the boundaries of performance and reliability to provide our customers with groundbreaking cybersecurity analysis. How We Succeed Together We move fast, build with purpose, and are obsessed with making an impact. Our culture is built for those who want to be at the forefront of innovation, and it's guided by these core principles: We are passionate about solving real-world problems for our customers. We take deep ownership of our work and hold ourselves to the highest standards of excellence. We are a team that stands by our commitments to each other and our customers, building trust through reliability. We are proactive and action-oriented, always seeking opportunities to make a difference and drive our mission forward. We believe in amplifying our collective impact through collaboration. We are dedicated to seeing our projects through to the finish line, ensuring that every detail is accounted for and that our work has a lasting impact. What You'll Do Take ownership of projects in a fast-paced startup environment, demonstrating a tolerance for ambiguity and a proactive approach to getting things done Design, build, and maintain mission-critical services in both Kotlin and Go on Kubernetes Leverage Kafka and KStreams in asynchronous processing of security data Champion and implement best practices for building highly available, fault-tolerant, and observable distributed systems suitable for top-tier financial and government clients Drive performance tuning and optimization efforts, pushing the boundaries of our systems to meet stringent latency and reliability requirements Mentor other engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and pair programming to elevate the team's technical excellence Collaborate closely with product managers and security researchers to translate requirements for our AQtive Guard solution into robust and scalable technical designs Who You Are You have experience with our core tech stack; Kotlin, Go, Kafka, Postgres, Kubernetes You have a proven ability to thrive on a small team in a fast-paced, fluid environment, effectively managing uncertainty You have a solid understanding of standard IT security best practices Qualifications 5+ years of production experience with at least one of our core languages (Kotlin, Go), and a willingness to learn the other quickly Production experience with Kafka, bonus points for KStreams Practical, "production scale" experience with RDBMS (e.g., Postgres) Production experience using Kubernetes Nice-to-Haves Knowledge of security-related concepts and technologies Familiarity with Bazel Proficiency in other languages, in order of preference: Rust, Python General knowledge of cryptography The US base salary range for this full-time position is expected to be 183k to 256k per year. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. This role may be eligible for annual discretionary bonuses and equity. SandboxAQ welcomes all. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where we have zero tolerance for discrimination. We invest in our employees' personal and professional growth. Once you work with us, you can’t go back to normalcy because great breakthroughs come from great teams and we are the best in AI and quantum technology. We offer competitive salaries, stock options depending on employment type, generous learning opportunities, medical/dental/vision, family planning/fertility, PTO (summer and winter breaks), financial wellness resources, 401(k) plans, and more. Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. Accommodations: We provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in job application procedures for open roles. If you need such an accommodation, please let a member of our Recruiting team know.

Design, develop, test, deploy, and improve full-stack software systems and AI prototypes in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. | Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, proven software engineering skills with front-end and back-end technologies, proficiency in TypeScript or JavaScript, and experience with rapid prototyping and agile development. | About SandboxAQ SandboxAQ is a high-growth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the world's greatest challenges. The company's Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences, financial services, navigation, cybersecurity, and other sectors. We are a global team that is tech-focused and includes experts in AI, chemistry, cybersecurity, physics, mathematics, medicine, engineering, and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent, growth capital-backed company in 2022, funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders. At SandboxAQ, we've cultivated an environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and impact. By investing deeply in our people, we're building a thriving, global workforce poised to tackle the world's epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission, in a community of like-minded people who value entrepreneurialism, ownership, and transformative impact. About the Team The SandboxAQ AI Generation Engine (SAIGE) team's mission is to accelerate SandboxAQ's mission of "Deep Impact at Scale," with a focus on quantitative AI and rapid prototyping. More specifically, the SAIGE team aims to: • Build next-generation AI capabilities that establish SandboxAQ as the global pacesetter in quantitative AI. • Identify, incubate, prototype, and launch new AI products for high-potential and longer-term use cases, proving (or disproving) their viability as high-impact, highly profitable business lines. • Support internal AI teams and help build new AI applications and infrastructures across SandboxAQ's business units. Our team operates on the following principles: Prototype with Velocity, Explore Boldly, Fail Smart, Learn Fast, Look Forward, and Share Knowledge. About the Role We are looking for a hands-on Software Engineer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be instrumental in building innovative systems and prototypes from the ground up. You will have the opportunity to work on full-stack development projects, contributing to both front-end and back-end components. This position is ideal for an engineer who is passionate about tackling new problems, moving quickly from concept to tangible proof-of-concept, and making a significant impact in the rapidly evolving field of AI. Key Responsibilities • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve software systems, agents and cutting-edge AI prototypes. • Collaborate with researchers, product managers, and other engineers to translate ideas and research into functional and scalable products. • Build full-stack applications, with opportunities to work on all parts of the technology stack. • Embrace rapid iteration and agile methodologies to quickly deliver and test new features and products. • Contribute to the team's culture of innovation, continuous learning, and knowledge sharing. Qualifications • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. • Proven experience as a Software Engineer with a strong track record of building and shipping high-quality software. • Hands-on experience with both front-end and back-end technologies. • Proficiency in one or more general-purpose programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, TypeScript) • Experience with building and working with prototypes and iterating quickly based on feedback. • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Preferred Qualifications • Meaningful experience with front-end development frameworks and libraries (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js). • Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes). • Proficiency with AI tools for coding (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Co-Pilot) • Experience in a startup or fast-growing technology company. The US base salary range for this full-time position is expected to be $167K - $234K per year. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. This role may be eligible for annual discretionary bonuses and equity. SandboxAQ welcomes all. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where we have zero tolerance for discrimination. We invest in our employees' personal and professional growth. Once you work with us, you can't go back to normalcy because great breakthroughs come from great teams and we are the best in AI and quantum technology. We offer competitive salaries, stock options depending on employment type, generous learning opportunities, medical/dental/vision, family planning/fertility, PTO (summer and winter breaks), financial wellness resources, 401(k) plans, and more. Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. Accommodations: We provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in job application procedures for open roles. If you need such an accommodation, please let a member of our Recruiting team know.

Lead end-to-end user research projects to provide actionable insights for AI-driven product development and support internal AI teams. | 8+ years in UX research with complex software or emerging tech, strong communication, AI/ML experience, and ability to work in fast-paced agile environments. | About SandboxAQ SandboxAQ is a high-growth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the world's greatest challenges. The company’s Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences, financial services, navigation, cybersecurity, and other sectors. We are a global team that is tech-focused and includes experts in AI, chemistry, cybersecurity, physics, mathematics, medicine, engineering, and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent, growth capital-backed company in 2022, funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders. At SandboxAQ, we’ve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and impact. By investing deeply in our people, we’re building a thriving, global workforce poised to tackle the world's epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission, in a community of like-minded people who value entrepreneurialism, ownership, and transformative impact. About the Team The SandboxAQ AI Generation Engine (SAIGE) team's mission is to accelerate SandboxAQ’s mission of “Deep Impact at Scale," with a focus on quantitative AI and rapid prototyping. More specifically, the SAIGE team aims to: • Build next-generation AI capabilities that establish SandboxAQ as the global pacesetter in quantitative AI. • Identify, incubate, prototype, and launch new AI products for high-potential and longer-term use cases, proving (or disproving) their viability as high-impact, highly profitable business lines. • Support internal AI teams and help build new AI applications and infrastructures across SandboxAQ’s business units. The SAIGE team operates on the following principles: Prototype with Velocity, Explore Boldly, Fail Smart, Learn Fast, Look Forward, and Share Knowledge. About the Role This team's mission is to accelerate SandboxAQ’s mission of “Deep Impact at Scale," with a focus on quantitative AI and rapid prototyping. We build next-generation AI capabilities, identify and incubate new AI products for high-potential use cases, and support internal AI teams. As a Lead User Experience Researcher on this team, you will play a critical role in identifying customer needs and shaping the user experience of novel AI-driven products and prototypes. You will be responsible for designing and executing research strategies that provide actionable insights to guide product development, ensuring we build impactful and user-centered solutions. This role requires a seasoned researcher who can navigate ambiguity, work with emerging technologies, and is open to learning about new domains / industries. What You’ll Do • Lead and execute end-to-end user research projects, from defining research questions and methodologies to synthesizing findings and delivering impactful recommendations. • Champion a deep understanding of user needs, pain points, and behaviors related to quantitative AI and its applications in new domains (e.g., finance, agriculture, nuclear fusion). • Partner closely with product managers, engineers, and business developers & strategists to identify research opportunities and embed user-centered thinking throughout the technology and product development lifecycle. • Develop and implement a variety of research methods, including but not limited to user interviews, usability testing, surveys, contextual inquiries, and diary studies, adapting approaches for rapid prototyping and iterative development cycles. • Create research-fidelity prototypes for directional concept testing and feedback. • Use and discover new AI tools to accelerate, broaden, and deepen research and discovery datapoints (quant & qual). • Bring a strategic lens paired with tactical execution to help the team efficiently define, test, and iterate. • Translate complex research findings into clear, actionable insights and compelling narratives that inform product strategy, design decisions, and feature prioritization. • Contribute to the establishment of UXR best practices within this team and across SandboxAQ in partnership with the Head of Design & User Research • Act as a key player in identifying and validating new high-potential and longer-term use cases for AI products. • Proactively scan the horizon for emerging UXR trends and methodologies relevant to AI and rapidly evolving tech landscapes. • Foster a culture of "Fail Smart, Learn Fast" by designing research that embraces experimentation and extracts valuable learnings from both successful and unsuccessful prototypes. About You • +8 years of experience in User Experience Research, with a significant portion dedicated to complex software, enterprise solutions, or emerging technologies. • Proven ability to independently plan, execute, and synthesize qualitative and quantitative research, delivering impactful insights that drive product decisions. • Excellent communication, storytelling, and presentation skills, with the ability to clearly articulate research findings and their implications to diverse audiences, including technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Know how to use current, relevant AI tools and methods in your own work. • Experience working in fast-paced, agile environments and comfort with ambiguity and iteration. • Passion for understanding user needs and advocating for the user in product development. • Experience in AI / ML space (e.g., agents, LLMs) Nice-to-Haves • Experience conducting research and/or product development in the following domains: life sciences, finance, drug discovery, energy, agriculture. • Significant UXR experience for AI-first products, including but not limited to LLM-based products and interfaces • Experience establishing or scaling UXR practices within a team or organization. • Experience in early stage design (Interaction, Service), contributing to or owning. • Experience working with geographically distributed teams. • Advanced degree (Masters or Ph.D.) in a relevant field. The US base salary range for this full-time position is expected to be $204K - $286K per year. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. This role may be eligible for annual discretionary bonuses and equity. SandboxAQ welcomes all. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where we have zero tolerance for discrimination. We invest in our employees' personal and professional growth. Once you work with us, you can’t go back to normalcy because great breakthroughs come from great teams and we are the best in AI and quantum technology. We offer competitive salaries, stock options depending on employment type, generous learning opportunities, medical/dental/vision, family planning/fertility, PTO (summer and winter breaks), financial wellness resources, 401(k) plans, and more. Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. Accommodations: We provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in job application procedures for open roles. If you need such an accommodation, please let a member of our Recruiting team know.