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Staff Attack Engineer, AI/LLM

Horizon3 AI· Engineering
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Remote$235k - $275k + equityFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Staff Attack Engineer specializing in AI/LLM security to break AI and agentic systems and turn research into automated attacks inside NodeZero, Horizon3’s autonomous pentesting platform. Focus is on scalable, repeatable attack patterns and advancing LLM-powered offensive capabilities; not manual pentesting or consulting.

Responsibilities

  • Break AI and agentic systems and translate that research into automated, repeatable attack modules for NodeZero.
  • Design and execute prompt injection and defense evasion attacks, focusing on generalized, reusable patterns.
  • Conduct tool-use exploitation, abusing LLM agents’ access to code, file systems, APIs, and databases for attacker-realistic outcomes (e.g., context poisoning, RCE, data exfiltration, privilege escalation).
  • Target AI infrastructure (model serving, training pipelines, vector databases, GPU/MLOps tooling) with an understanding of real-world enterprise deployments and misconfigurations.
  • Research and apply model and supply chain attacks (poisoning, training data extraction, adversarial inputs, deployment pipeline abuse).
  • Perform threat modeling for agentic systems, mapping trust boundaries and attack surfaces and turning them into concrete attack paths.
  • Apply a strong productization mindset, turning manual techniques into safe, reliable, and scalable automated tooling.
  • Build and extend LLM-powered applications (prompting, structured output, agentic workflows).
  • Design with production concerns in mind: cost, safety and hallucination guardrails, reliability, and observability.
  • Design and extend microservices that orchestrate LLM tasks and integrate with NodeZero and related offensive workflows.

Qualifications

  • Expert-level Python and software engineering skills.
  • Solid penetration testing fundamentals and understanding of common attack chains.
  • Familiarity with AI/LLM security frameworks (e.g., OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, MITRE ATLAS).
  • Experience in a security product or offensive security team, ideally with shipped offensive capabilities or tooling.
  • Proven ability to break AI/LLM and agentic systems.
  • Clear understanding of trust boundaries around AI tools, data sources, and permissions, and how to systematically test and exploit them.
  • Expert-level ownership – drives high-complexity, high-risk programs and sets strategy, not just execution.
  • Self-motivated – identifies problems and builds solutions proactively.
  • Industry obsessed – tracks the fast-moving AI security landscape and can speak to recent developments, new attacks, and where the field is heading.

Skills

Required:PythonPenetration TestingAI/LLM SecurityOffensive Security

Benefits

  • Inclusive Team: We value diversity and promote an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.
  • Growth Opportunities: Be part of a dynamic and growing team with numerous career development opportunities.
  • Innovative Culture: Work in a collaborative environment that encourages creativity and out-of-the-box thinking.
  • Remote Work: We are a 100% remote company. Enjoy the convenience and work-life balance that comes with remote work.
  • Competitive Compensation: We offer competitive salary, equity and benefits. Our benefits include health, vision & dental insurance for you and your family, a flexible vacation policy, and generous parental leave.
Last updated Oct 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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