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Remote Cybersecurity Research Expert – Offensive Security & Vulnerability Research - AI Trainer

Remote / Online - Candidates ideally in
Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California, 91350, USA
Listing for: Mercor
Remote/Work from Home position
Listed on 2026-08-26
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Cybersecurity, Security Management & Operations
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 150000 - 190000 USD Yearly USD 150000.00 190000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Job description We're looking for highly accomplished Cybersecurity Research Experts to help evaluate cutting-edge AI systems in advanced security reasoning, vulnerability analysis, exploit development, and secure software engineering. This project is ideal for practitioners with a strong track record in offensive security research and publicly recognised technical contributions.

What You'll Do
  • Evaluate AI-generated analyses of complex cybersecurity scenarios, exploits, and vulnerability reports.
  • Review technical writeups for correctness, exploitability, and mitigation quality.
  • Validate vulnerability root-cause analysis across software, operating systems, networking, cloud, and web applications.
  • Provide structured feedback on security reasoning, exploit chains, and defensive recommendations.
  • Contribute to benchmark development for advanced AI security capabilities.
Ideal Background We are looking for candidates with multiple of the following credentials:
  • Member of a top-ranked Capture The Flag (CTF) team with demonstrated competitive achievements.
  • Discoverer or co-author of CVEs affecting widely used open-source or commercial software.
  • Publicly recognised bug bounty researcher with findings accepted by major programs (e.g., Google, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Git Hub, Mozilla, Chromium, Kubernetes, Linux Foundation, etc.).
  • Research experience at a well-respected security laboratory or academic research group (e.g., KAIST Security Lab, SSLab, university security research groups, or equivalent industry research organisations).
  • Author of high-quality security research publications
    , conference papers, or widely cited technical writeups.
  • Strong understanding of exploit development, reverse engineering, binary analysis, vulnerability research, operating systems, networks, web security, or cryptography.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Professional experience in offensive security, application security, vulnerability research, product security, or security engineering.
  • Experience with reverse engineering tools such as IDA Pro, Ghidra, Binary Ninja, or Radare
    2.
  • Familiarity with fuzzing, symbolic execution, static analysis, or dynamic analysis frameworks.
  • Experience with Linux internals, Windows internals, browser security, cloud security, embedded security, or mobile security.
  • Strong programming skills in C/C++, Rust, Python, Go, or Java.
  • Excellent written communication and ability to explain complex security concepts clearly.
Nice to Have
  • Hall of Fame recognition from major bug bounty programs.
  • Black Hat, DEF CON, USENIX Security, IEEE S&P, ACM CCS, NDSS, or similar conference presentations/publications.
  • Maintainer or significant contributor to well-known open-source security tools.
  • Offensive Security certifications (OSCP, OSEP, OSCE3), GIAC certifications, or equivalent credentials.
Why Join?
  • Work on frontier AI models tackling real-world cybersecurity problems.
  • Collaborate with leading researchers on advanced security evaluation tasks.
  • Help shape the next generation of AI systems for cybersecurity.
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