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Robots & Pencils
About Robots & Pencils
Robots & Pencils is a digital engineering firm that builds AI agents and software for large companies in retail, education, energy, financial services, healthcare and manufacturing, and it works almost entirely on AWS. One of the 39 jobs on its board is in security, a Staff Security Engineer on the Security team. The role is remote for people based in the US or Canada, and the posting turns away applicants from anywhere else.
From its own postings
, CyberJobs.cc shows 1 security opening at Robots & Pencils.
Robots & Pencils security openings
Read 13 Nov 2026, 04:08 UTCComparable openings elsewhere
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Staff Security Engineer (shows the role here)
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$116,000/yr
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Working at Robots & Pencils
Michael and Camille Sikorsky started the firm as a husband-and-wife team in Calgary in 2009; it remains privately held and runs delivery centers across North America, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Its security postings state Stated per posting (from its own postings).
1 security role open at the last read1 open role at Robots & Pencils, confirmed on its careers system 13 Nov 2026.
Staff position on the security team, remote across the US and Canada.
Remote within the US or Canada; candidates outside those two countries are not considered.
Honest catches
- The salary note here is from its own postings rather than read from current postings, so use it as a guide, not as an offer.
Salaries at Robots & Pencils
From its own postings · as of 2026-11-11Recorded salary note, from its own postings, dated 2026-11-11
US pay in the posting begins at $116,000 per year (12 Nov 2026).
1 of its 1 open roles give a salary, not enough to call any figure typical of Robots & Pencils, so the note above stands. By specialty:
| Kind of work | Open roles | Rates stated | Highest rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Security | 1 | $116k/yr1 rate | $116k/yr |
Specialties Robots & Pencils hires in
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Robots & Pencils: common questions
What salary does Robots & Pencils offer security staff?
Stated per posting. US pay in the posting begins at $116,000 per year (12 Nov 2026).
What sort of company is Robots & Pencils?
Michael and Camille Sikorsky started the firm as a husband-and-wife team in Calgary in 2009; it remains privately held and runs delivery centers across North America, Eastern Europe and Latin America.
What is it like to work in security at Robots & Pencils?
Its security postings state Stated per posting (from its own postings). As a software company, its in-house team protects its product, customers and staff.
What kind of employment are Robots & Pencils's security roles?
Staff position on the security team, remote across the US and Canada.
Where are Robots & Pencils's security jobs based?
Remote within the US or Canada; candidates outside those two countries are not considered.
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