Application Security Analyst

We’re partnering with leading AI research labs to build the next generation of security-aware AI systems — and we need people who truly understand how software breaks in the real world.

• Organization:
  Alignerr
• Type:
  Hourly Contract
• Location:
  
  Remote
• Commitment: 10–40 hours/week

• Analyze realistic application security scenarios spanning code, APIs, and system behavior
• Classify and prioritize vulnerabilities including authentication flaws, injection risks, and business logic weaknesses
• Evaluate secure coding practices and assess the quality of proposed remediation strategies
• Create and validate security-focused reasoning datasets that teach AI to accurately assess and communicate application risk
• Distinguish genuine exploitability from theoretical or low-impact findings — the kind of judgment that separates senior practitioners from the rest

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in application security, product security, or software security roles
• Solid familiarity with the OWASP Top 10 and common vulnerabilities encountered in production environments
• Able to think critically about real-world exploitability — not just flag issues, but reason through their actual impact
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to explain security concepts clearly and systematically
• Self-directed and comfortable working asynchronously on task-based assignments

• Experience with threat modeling, secure code review, or penetration testing
• Background in bug bounty programs or red team/blue team exercises
• Familiarity with AI systems or data labeling workflows

• Work directly on frontier AI systems alongside top research labs
• Fully remote and flexible — set your own schedule and work at your own pace
• Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and collaboration with a global community of experts
• Put your security knowledge to use in a genuinely novel and meaningful way
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch