Research Engineer – Cybersecurity RL
Research Engineer on Cybersecurity RL team advances AI models in secure coding, vulnerability remediation, and defensive cybersecurity using RL techniques. Requires cybersecurity expertise, ML experience, and strong engineering skills.
About the job
You may be a good fit if you:
- Have experience in cybersecurity research.
- Have experience with machine learning.
- Have strong software engineering skills.
- Can balance research exploration with engineering implementation.
- Are passionate about AI's potential and committed to developing safe and beneficial systems.
Strong candidates may also have:
- Professional experience in security engineering, fuzzing, detection and response, or other applied defensive work.
- Experience participating in or building CTF competitions and cyber ranges.
- Academic research experience in cybersecurity.
- Familiarity with RL techniques and environments.
- Familiarity with LLM training methodologies.
Logistics
Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
Annual Salary: $300,000 — $405,000 USD
Skills
Reinforcement Learning, Cybersecurity, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Rl Environments, Llm Training, Secure Coding, Vulnerability Remediation, Fuzzing, Ctf
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