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OpenAIOpenAISan Francisco, CA

Security Researcher, Agentic AI Threats

Identify compromise paths from future AI agents, design long-lead-time security controls, and stress-test defenses via evaluations and penetration tests. Requires deep security/infrastructure expertise plus strong software engineering skills.

293k – 405k/yr
HybridEntry levelSecurity Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Identify paths by which capable future internal AI agents could compromise OpenAI.
  • Design security controls, focusing on measures with long lead times that benefit from advanced preparation.
  • Stress-test defenses with AI agent evaluations and penetration tests.

Requirements

  • Deep technical expertise across security and modern infrastructure; comfortable digging into operating systems, cloud, containers, CI/CD, or distributed systems.
  • Strong software engineering skills and experience building prototypes.
  • Ability to engage effectively with stakeholders.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience securing cloud infrastructure.
  • Deep familiarity with core components of the AI stack.

Compensation

$293K - $405K USD

Skills

SecuritySoftware EngineeringCloud InfrastructureContainersCI/CDDistributed SystemsOperating SystemsPenetration TestingAi Systems
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