Technical Scaled Abuse Threat Investigator (AI)

TL;DR

Technical Scaled Abuse Threat Investigator (AI): Detecting, investigating, and disrupting large-scale misuse of hirify.global's AI systems with an accent on model distillation, account abuse, fraud, and scams. Focus on technical investigations using SQL and Python to uncover sophisticated abuse patterns and inform safety-by-design strategies.

Location: Hybrid in San Francisco, CA or New York City, NY. Visa sponsorship is available.

Salary: $230,000 - $290,000 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global is a quickly growing public benefit corporation focused on creating reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems for societal benefit.

What you will do

• Detect and investigate large-scale abuse patterns including model distillation, fraud, and scam operations.
• Develop abuse signals and tracking strategies to proactively identify adversarial activity.
• Conduct technical investigations using SQL, Python, and data science to analyze large datasets.
• Create actionable intelligence reports on new attack vectors and threat actor TTPs.
• Implement systematic improvements to safety approaches and mitigate harm.
• Forecast AI exploitation trends and inform safety-by-design strategies.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python with a data science background.
• Experience with large language models and understanding of how AI technology could be exploited at scale.
• Subject matter expertise in abusive user behavior detection, fraud patterns, account abuse, or platform integrity.
• Experience tracking threat actors across surface, deep, and dark web environments.
• Ability to derive insights from large datasets to make key decisions and recommendations.
• Strong project management skills and ability to build processes from the ground up.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and present to leadership.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Ability to respond to escalations during weekends and holidays.

Nice to have

• Experience at a major technology platform working on trust and safety, fraud, or abuse investigations.
• Background in AI safety, machine learning security, or technology abuse investigation.
• Experience building and scaling threat detection systems or abuse monitoring programs.
• Experience with financial crime investigation or fraud analytics.
• Fluency in Mandarin Chinese and/or Russian (speaking, reading, and writing).
• Active Top Secret security clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Work as a single cohesive team on large-scale AI research efforts.
• Collaborative group with frequent research discussions focused on impact.
• Competitive compensation and benefits, including optional equity donation matching.
• Generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours.
• Lovely office space in San Francisco or New York City.
• Hybrid work model, requiring 25% office attendance.