Member Of Technical Staff (AI)

TL;DR

Member Of Technical Staff (AI): Conducting original research to improve the security and privacy of frontier intelligence systems with an accent on threat modeling and developing novel defenses. Focus on translating research into practical improvements for AI systems used by millions of people.

Location: Onsite in San Francisco

Salary: $220K – $405K

Company

hirify.global is seeking energetic researchers and engineers to join our Secure Intelligence Institute (SII), hirify.global's flagship research center for advancing security, privacy, and trust in frontier intelligence.

What you will do

• Develop threat models for emerging attack surfaces in AI-native products.
• Identify and analyze security and privacy threats across AI systems, infrastructure, and user-facing products.
• Develop novel defenses, mitigations, and detection mechanisms for security and privacy in AI-native products.
• Build security evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, and datasets to measure the effectiveness of different defense mechanisms.
• Partner with hirify.global’s Security Engineering team to translate state of the art research into shipped security features and hardened system architectures.
• Collaborate with top-tier academic and industry researchers in SII's external research network.

Requirements

• Hold a PhD (or equivalent research experience) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, with a primary focus on security and/or privacy.
• Experience publishing at top security conferences (IEEE S&P, USENIX Security, ACM CCS, NDSS) demonstrating original, impactful research contributions.
• Deep expertise in one or more of: security of agentic systems, systems security, web and applications security, program analysis, and software security.
• Proficiency in Python (bonus points for TypeScript, Go, and/or Rust).
• Ability to operate with high independence, willing to dive in and take ownership, and comfortable in a fast-paced environment where research directly informs product.
• Clear and concise communcation, translating complex attack narratives into actionable insights for engineering and leadership.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time U.S. employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits program including equity, health, dental, vision, retirement, fitness, commuter and dependent care accounts, and more.