Gen AI Security Researcher
About the Position
As a GenAI Security Researcher, you’ll dive deep into the challenges of AI safety, conducting redteaming operations to identify vulnerabilities in generative AI systems and their infrastructure.
You will conduct redteaming operations for finding and addressing risks to ensure AI models are robust, secure, and future-proof.
As a Security Researcher, you will:
- Conduct sophisticated black-box redteaming operations to uncover vulnerabilities in generative AI models and infrastructure.
- Design new techniques to bypass the latest AI security mechanisms.
- Evaluate and strengthen the security of AI systems, identifying weaknesses and collaborating to implement improvements.
- Work with cross-functional teams to automate security testing processes and establish best practices.
- Stay ahead of emerging trends in AI security, ethical hacking, and cyber threats to ensure we’re at the cutting edge.
Requirements
Must Have
- 3+ years in offensive cybersecurity, especially focused on web applications and API security OR Advanced Ph.D. Candidates with a proven record of research in AI/Cybersecurity
- Strong programming and scripting skills (e.g., Python, JavaScript) relevant to AI security.
- In-depth understanding of AI technologies, particularly generative models like GPT, DALL-E, etc.
- Solid knowledge of AI vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
Preferred Skills That Set You Apart:
- Certifications in offensive cybersecurity (e.g., OSWA, OSWE, OSCE3, SEC542, SEC522) OR Master's degree and above in Computer Science with a focus on Data Science or AI.
- Experience in end-to-end product development, including infrastructure and system design.
- Proficiency in cloud development.
- Familiarity with AI security frameworks, compliance standards, and ethical guidelines.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment.
About Alice
THE CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY
1. Being Both Strategist and Executioner
One of the hardest parts of this role is that you’re both the visionary and the builder; the one drawing the map and paving the road.
That means switching between high-level strategy and hands-on experimentation daily, and doing it while bringing others along with you. There’s no playbook for this kind of work. You’re paving an unpaved road, one small experiment at a time.
2. Balancing Security and Innovation
ActiveFence is the leading provider of security and safety solutions for online experiences, safeguarding more than 3 billion users, top foundation models, and the world’s largest enterprises and tech platforms every day.
As a trusted ally to major technology firms and Fortune 500 brands that build user-generated and GenAI products, ActiveFence empowers security, AI, and policy teams with low-latency Real-Time Guardrails and a continuous Red Teaming program that pressure-tests systems with adversarial prompts and emerging threat techniques. Powered by deep threat intelligence, unmatched harmful-content detection, and coverage of 117+ languages, ActiveFence enables organizations to deliver engaging and trustworthy experiences at global scale while operating safely and responsibly across all threat landscapes.