Remote Research Staff Member - Applied AI

Description:

• Horizon3.ai is a fast-growing, remote cybersecurity company focused on enabling organizations to proactively find, fix, and verify exploitable attack vectors.
• The company’s flagship product, NodeZero™, provides autonomous pentests and key assessment operations across various environments.
• The Research Staff Member (Applied AI) will join a team of engineers and security researchers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• This senior/principal-level role involves developing AI systems that enhance the autonomous pentesting platform.
• Responsibilities include designing, prototyping, and deploying AI-driven features for offensive security operations, leading the development of agentic AI systems, and implementing reinforcement learning and graph algorithms.
• The role requires collaboration with engineering and security teams to integrate AI models into scalable systems and conducting novel research focused on operational viability.
• The candidate will contribute to a culture of technical excellence through code reviews and knowledge sharing, and present research findings internally and externally.

Requirements:

• A PhD or MS in AI, Computer Science, or a related field is required, along with a strong publication or patent record in relevant areas.
• Proven experience in applying modern AI research to real-world systems is essential.
• Fluency with modern AI tooling such as PyTorch, Hugging Face, LangChain, and OpenAI APIs is necessary.
• Strong programming skills in Python and familiarity with production-level ML/AI systems are required.
• A deep understanding of LLM-based architectures, fine-tuning techniques, and prompt engineering is needed.
• Experience with structured knowledge, such as graphs and knowledge bases, is important.
• Familiarity with adversarial ML, secure AI development, or cybersecurity applications of AI is a plus.

Benefits:

• Horizon3.ai promotes an inclusive culture where diversity is valued and everyone can thrive.
• The company offers numerous career development opportunities within a dynamic and growing team.
• Employees work in a collaborative environment that encourages creativity and innovative thinking.
• The position is fully remote, providing convenience and work-life balance.
• Competitive salary and benefits are provided, including health, vision, and dental care for employees and their families, a flexible vacation policy, and generous parental leave.