Threat Investigator (Cybersecurity)

TL;DR

Threat Investigator (Cybersecurity): Detecting and responding to malicious uses and abuse of AI systems with an accent on threat actor investigation and data-driven reporting. Focus on developing detection pipelines and utilizing SQL and Python to analyze harmful behaviors across various abuse domains.

Location: Remote (Must be based in the US and work Pacific Time (PT) hours)

Company

hirify.global is a safety and threat-intelligence layer providing adversarial red teaming and model evaluations for frontier AI labs and global technology platforms.

What you will do

• Proactively detect and reacquire bad actors on the platform.
• Investigate policy-violating activity by querying internal data sources using SQL and Python and cross-referencing OSINT.
• Document and share investigative findings with internal stakeholders.
• Respond to critical safety incidents and urgent escalations.
• Serve in an on-call rotation involving resolving urgent issues outside normal work hours.

Requirements

• 3+ years of investigative experience in Trust & Safety, National Security, Defense, Intelligence, or Law Enforcement.
• U.S.-based with valid work authorization in the United States.
• Ability to work West Coast hours (9am - 5pm PT).
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python.
• Technical skillset to develop and maintain detection pipelines.
• Ability to work with sensitive and distressing content (e.g., child safety, violence).

Nice to have

• Expertise with risk and abuse related to AI platforms.
• Professional proficiency in Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish.
• Experience scaling and automating detection and mitigation processes.
• Familiarity using language models to scale operations.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time remote work arrangement.
• Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, high-impact environment focused on AI safety.
• Purpose-driven work protecting users from evolving AI threats.