Security Engineer, Offensive Security (AI)

TL;DR

Security Engineer, Offensive Security (AI): Conducting red and purple team engagements simulating advanced threat actors across cloud infrastructure and endpoints with an accent on AI-specific attack scenarios. Focus on translating attack narratives into actionable risk insights and contributing to AI-assisted security testing tooling.

Location: Remote-Friendly in San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA. Must be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time.

Salary: $300,000 - $320,000 USD

Company

hirify.global’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems, ensuring AI is safe and beneficial for users and society.

What you will do

• Conduct red and purple team engagements simulating advanced threat actors across cloud infrastructure and bare metal deployments.
• Perform penetration testing on specific, high-value deployments.
• Contribute to AI-assisted security testing tooling and workflows.
• Collaborate with security and engineering teams on AI-specific attack scenarios.
• Document and present findings to technical and executive audiences, translating attack narratives into actionable risk insights.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in red teaming and offensive security operations.
• Deep expertise in at least two of: macOS security, Linux Security, Cloud security (GCP/AWS/Azure), Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines.
• Track record of discovering novel attack vectors and chaining vulnerabilities creatively.
• Experience conducting adversarial simulations against well-defended environments.
• Strong engineering skills in Python, Go, or similar languages.
• Ability to write clear findings that drive action, helping teams understand risk and prioritize fixes.

Nice to have

• Prior work at organizations with state actor threat models.
• Interest in AI safety and how security engineering contributes to responsible AI developments.
• Background testing AI/ML systems or agentic workflows.
• Familiarity with detection engineering and SIEM/EDR platforms from the defensive side.
• Experience with data center security or hardware-based attacks.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Optional equity donation matching.
• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Flexible working hours.
• Lovely office space for collaboration.

Hiring process

• Applications are received on a rolling basis.