Red Team Engineering Manager — AI Safety & Tools

Remotedxb; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

FAR.AI, a nonprofit AI research institute, seeks a senior red-team engineer to build and scale red-teaming tools and lead a growing team in Dubai. This role combines software engineering, AI, and security to explore attack spaces and translate findings into safer, real-world impact.

You will plan sprints, contribute to technical and product strategy, and partner with frontier labs and governments to advance safety across leading AI systems.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading technical teams in software/AI/cybersecurity contexts.
• Experience with Python and LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google) and local LLM frameworks.
• Cloud infrastructure experience (GCP) and compute clusters (Kubernetes, Slurm).
• Ability to communicate technical solutions to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Thriving in rapidly evolving, mission-driven environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale internal and external red-teaming tools and products
• Develop agentic red-teaming systems to automatically explore attack spaces
• Manage, mentor, and support a growing team of red-teaming engineers
• Plan sprints and lead engineering execution
• Contribute to the overall technical and product strategy of the red team
• Partner with frontier labs and governments to translate technical findings into real-world impact

Skills

Software engineering

AI / ML

Team leadership

Python

LLM APIs

Communication

Adaptability

Tools

GCP

Kubernetes

Slurm

OpenAI API

Anthropic API

Job description

FAR.AI, a nonprofit AI research institute, seeks a senior red-team engineer to build and scale red-teaming tools and lead a growing team in Dubai. This role combines software engineering, AI, and security to explore attack spaces and translate findings into safer, real-world impact.

You will plan sprints, contribute to technical and product strategy, and partner with frontier labs and governments to advance safety across leading AI systems.