AI Security Research Engineer
- Toronto, ON, Canada
$40 to $45 CAD / hour · Contract
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Job details
- Pay
- $40 to $45 CAD / hour
- Job type
- Contract
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- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
- Discovery of CVEs or zero-day vulnerabilities
- Open-source security contributions
- Red teaming and offensive security research
- CTF participation with notable rankings
- Development of security tools or research frameworks
- Security research publications, technical blogs, or conference presentations
- Cybersecurity startup or founder experience
- AI/LLM/Agentic systems engineering
- Secure software architecture and threat modeling
- Vulnerability remediation and patch development
Technical Skills
- Strong software engineering skills in one or more of:
- Python
- Go
- Java
- C/C++
- Experience across the full lifecycle:
- Vulnerability Research
- Exploit/Reproduction
- Root Cause Analysis
- Remediation & Patching
- Validation & Verification
- Hands-on experience with AI/LLM technologies and agentic frameworks applied to cybersecurity challenges.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Research vulnerabilities, including CVEs and zero-days, and contribute to open-source security projects, offensive security research, and security tools or frameworks. Apply AI, LLM, and agentic technologies to cybersecurity challenges, and carry vulnerabilities through reproduction, root cause analysis, remediation, and validation.
Requirements
Requires strong software engineering skills in at least one of Python, Go, Java, or C/C++, along with hands-on experience applying AI, LLM, or agentic frameworks to cybersecurity. Relevant experience may include vulnerability research, security contributions, CTF achievements, publications, startup experience, secure architecture, threat modeling, and vulnerability remediation.
Skills
- Vulnerability Research
- Exploit Development
- Root Cause Analysis
- Remediation and Patching
- Security Research
- Red Teaming
- Offensive Security
- Python
- Go
- Java
- C/C++
- AI and LLM Engineering
- Agentic Frameworks
- Secure Software Architecture
- Threat Modeling
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Security & Safety
- Technology
- Software
- Science & Research
- Engineering
Keywords
- CVE
- Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
- Open-Source Security
- Red Teaming
- Offensive Security
- Capture The Flag
- Security Tools
- Research Frameworks
- Security Publications
- Cybersecurity Startups
- AI
- LLM
- Agentic Systems
- Python
- Go
- Java
- C/C++
- Vulnerability Research
- Exploit Reproduction
- Root Cause Analysis
- Remediation
- Patching
- Validation
- Verification
- Secure Software Architecture
- Threat Modeling