Senior Security Engineer, Offensive Security and Red Team
AI research and safety company organized as a public benefit corporation
| Employer | AI research and safety company organized as a public benefit corporation (not named) |
|---|---|
| Location | Remote (U.S.) · Hybrid |
| Type & level | Full-time · Senior |
| Pay | USD 300k–320k base Source: pay range stated in the source posting |
| Visa path | O-1A fit |
| Role family | Vulnerability Researcher / Offensive Security |
About the role
The security engineering team protects the company's AI systems and the trust of its users. This role runs red and purple team engagements that imitate advanced attackers across cloud, endpoint, and bare metal environments. It also adds testing for attack scenarios specific to AI systems.
What you'll do
- Run red and purple team engagements that simulate advanced threat actors across cloud, endpoints, and bare metal.
- Penetration test selected high-value deployments.
- Contribute to AI-assisted security testing tools and workflows.
- Work with security and engineering teams on AI-specific attack scenarios.
- Write up findings and present them to technical and executive audiences as actionable risk insights.
- Work closely with the blue team to improve defenses.
Requirements
- 5 or more years of hands-on red teaming and offensive security work.
- Deep expertise in at least two of macOS security, Linux security, cloud security, Kubernetes, or CI/CD pipelines.
- Track record of finding novel attack vectors and chaining vulnerabilities creatively.
- Experience running adversarial simulations against well-defended environments.
- Strong engineering skills in Python, Go, or a similar language, and the ability to write clear findings.
Nice to have
- Prior work at organizations with state actor threat models.
- Interest in AI safety and responsible AI development.
- Background testing AI/ML systems or agentic workflows.
- Familiarity with detection engineering and SIEM/EDR platforms.
- Experience with data center security or hardware-based attacks.
Pay & benefits
USD 300k–320k base. The posting mentions competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, and flexible working hours. Staff are expected in an office at least 25 percent of the time.
Pay source: pay range stated in the source posting. Market data, not an offer from O1DMatch.
Visa path
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