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$174,191–$249,230/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Identify, formulate, and drive research problems at the intersection of AI, cybersecurity, and computer systems.
  • Translate real technical challenges into well-defined research questions and develop technical approaches.
  • Design and lead rigorous experiments, build research prototypes, and communicate findings clearly.

AI/ML Cybersecurity Programming Experimentation

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$171,800–$268,500/yr
US

  • Lead a large research and engineering portfolio focused on securing advanced AI systems and informing policy frameworks.
  • Oversee two research teams of 15+ researchers working on technical AI security, cyber capability evaluation, and infrastructure development.
  • Engage directly with senior government and industry stakeholders to ensure RAND's research informs national security decisions.

RAND is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to make communities safer and more secure. It has approximately 1,750 employees across offices in the US, Europe, and Australia, with a collegial environment that values objectivity, integrity, and diverse perspectives.

Global

  • Lead AI-powered automation initiatives across client-facing cybersecurity services.
  • Combine software engineering, AI, and security expertise to design scalable solutions.
  • Mentor multidisciplinary teams and collaborate with senior stakeholders on technical strategy.

The company provides client-facing cybersecurity services, leveraging artificial intelligence to automate and enhance security operations. It fosters a collaborative, multidisciplinary culture focused on continuous improvement and service innovation.

$130,000–$200,000/yr
US

  • Develop AI methods and algorithms for reliable agents.
  • Design simulations and evaluations for agent behavior.
  • Partner with product and engineering to ship research.

The company builds an AI agent platform focused on making agents reliable in production. It is a research-driven environment with a collaborative, startup-oriented culture.

$150,000–$300,000/yr
Global

  • Build and post-train agents for scientific research, including literature search, code execution, and domain tool use.
  • Develop RL and multi-agent methods for proposing, testing, and critiquing hypotheses, with strong baselines and evaluation.
  • Design verifiers, reward signals, and reproducible experimental loops for scientific workflows, ensuring evidence-based improvements.

Prime Intellect builds the open superintelligence stack, providing infrastructure for frontier AI labs to train, evaluate, and deploy models at scale. The company has raised $150M from top investors and operators, and is building a culture focused on frontier research, real infrastructure, and go-to-market for a new category.

$130,000–$200,000/yr
US

  • Develop and improve methods, algorithms, and systems across the lifecycle of reliable AI agents.
  • Create new approaches for simulating, evaluating, and optimizing agent behavior in real-world settings.
  • Partner with product and engineering teams to bring AI research into practical applications.

The company builds infrastructure for reliable AI agents in production, targeting enterprise workflows. It is a focused team of researchers and engineers working collaboratively on advancing agentic AI.

Global

  • Lead technical discovery and turn ambiguous cyber needs into a tractable plan with clear architecture and acceptance criteria.
  • Build and integrate AI-enabled security workflows using production software, APIs, telemetry, and security systems.
  • Deploy, operate, and evaluate AI workflows in customer environments, ensuring security, maintainability, and handover.

Eliza is a technology services company and Advanced-tier OpenAI partner that helps organizations build and deploy AI solutions, including generative AI, custom LLM integrations, predictive analytics, and intelligent automation. The company has a collaborative, mission-driven team focused on real-world AI impact and values adaptability, ownership, and hands-on client collaboration.

$88,560–$162,000/yr
Global 5w PTO

  • Develop a credible AI strategy centered on controllable, verifiable, human-directed tools rather than autonomous systems.
  • Monitor non-hyperscaling AI paths including efficient models, open-source AI, physical AI, and high-value data applications.
  • Engage policymakers in Brazil, Canada, and the EU to turn strategy into concrete policy asks.

FLI is an independent nonprofit that educates lawmakers and the public about transformative technologies to mitigate catastrophic risks and advance positive futures. It has about 40 employees working largely virtually across Europe and the US.

Americas

  • Own technical security controls for AI usage, including agent identity, tool access, guardrails, and logging.
  • Partner with AI Enablement, Engineering, DevOps, GRC, and Security to integrate security by design.
  • Build AI-powered security tooling and lead AI-specific incident response.

Alpaca is a US-headquartered global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure, serving financial institutions across 40 countries. With 400+ distributed team members and $400M in funding, we are a diverse, remote-first team opening financial services to everyone.

$136,500–$227,500/yr
US

  • Lead technical discovery, solution design, and proof-of-value engagements for MSSP partners and strategic customers.
  • Act as a global subject matter expert on AI security, driving demonstrations, workshops, and evaluation of AI defense solutions.
  • Develop reusable technical assets, mentor sales engineers, and represent Sophos at partner events and industry forums.

Sophos is a global cybersecurity company providing innovative security solutions, including managed threat detection, endpoint protection, and AI-powered defenses. As a remote-first organization, Sophos values collaboration across locations and is committed to diversity and equal opportunity.