Member of Technical Staff, Vulnerability Management
San Francisco$200k - $400kFull-timePosted 2w ago
About the role
Inferact seeks a Member of Technical Staff, Vulnerability Management to own vLLM's vulnerability-management process, investigate reports, and drive fixes and security advisories for a production-grade AI inference infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Own Inferact's side of vLLM's vulnerability-management process from triage through analysis and resolution
- Investigate vulnerability reports, reproduce issues, determine root cause and practical security impact
- Collaborate with vLLM maintainers, Red Hat counterparts, security firms, and researchers
- Coordinate fixes, security advisories, and releases following project processes
- Develop and document security best practices for vLLM as it evolves
- Translate findings into actionable work for core team and maintainers
- Prepare security advisories and coordinate with CVE and disclosure workflows (preferred)
Qualifications
- Hands-on product security experience with infrastructure software and complex systems
- Ability to read source code, debug unfamiliar systems, reproduce issues, and explain root cause and security impact
- Strong systems reasoning to understand architecture, trust boundaries, deployment assumptions, and component interactions
- Ability to learn vLLM's core architecture and independently manage vulnerability investigations
- Sound prioritization and risk assessment with clear documentation of evidence, remediation needs, and next steps
- Strong written and verbal communication, discretion with sensitive reports, and collaboration with engineers, researchers, and external security partners
Skills
Required:Product security for infrastructure softwareSource code reading and debugging
Nice to have:Vulnerability management
Benefits
- Applicable benefits will be confirmed based on location
Last updated Oct 11, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Inferact
Inferact is a startup founded by creators and core maintainers of vLLM, the most popular open-source LLM inference engine.
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