AI Innovation Engineer - IT Security (all genders)

Cyber StrategiX; München; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP program

EGYM Wellpass membership

Munich office (Stiglmaierplatz)

Unlimited coffee & table tennis

Job summary

revel8 is seeking an Innovation Engineer to drive the next generation of security awareness and human risk products. You will identify valuable innovations, build prototypes when needed, and run customer projects with our innovation team.

You will work with enterprise clients, translate needs into testable solutions, and leverage AI-native tools to maximize speed and insight. Fluency in English is essential; German is a plus. Munich office-based role.

Qualifications

• Background in IT security and understanding of the modern threat landscape, especially social engineering.
• Can build prototypes independently and fast (rapid prototyping / vibe-coding) when validation calls for it.
• A careful, in-depth operator: you deliver solid insights beyond mere functionality.
• A confident communicator who convinces in front of enterprise customers and owns projects end to end.
• AI-native: AI tools are essential in daily workflows to maximize speed and productivity.
• Fluent in English (German is a plus) enabling seamless communication within our international team.

Responsibilities

• Identify innovations by monitoring the cyber market, competitors, and customer needs; decide what to build next and how to position it.
• Validate innovations by quickly building working prototypes and delivering real insights on viability and cost.
• Run innovation projects with enterprise customers, translating needs into concrete, testable solutions.

Skills

IT security

Social engineering

Rapid prototyping

AI-native workstyle

Customer communication

Project ownership

Job description

Our mission

We're on a mission to create 10 million human firewalls! At revel8, we redefine cybersecurity training with hyper-realistic simulations that reflect today's evolving attack landscape. Our innovative platform combines AI-driven multi-channel attacks with gamified, real-time learning to build resilience where it matters most: the people.

Your mission

As an Innovation Engineer, you drive the next generation of our security awareness and human risk products. Your core mission is to identify the innovations that matter next and then validate them, fast and with substance. Sometimes that means building a prototype, sometimes it means running a structured experiment with a customer. You work closely with our innovation team and directly with customers.

How your day-to-day will look like:

• Identify innovations:You keep an eye on the cyber market, what competitors are doing, and what customers are asking for, then derive in a well-founded way which innovation we should build next and how we position ourselves.

• Validate innovations:You test whether an idea actually holds up. Often this means rapidly building a working prototype, but always it means delivering real insights: does it work, what does it cost, is it worth pursuing?

• Run innovation projects with customers:You bring innovations directly to our enterprise customers, run joint projects, and become a close, trusted point of contact. You translate customer needs into concrete, testable solutions.

Is it you we are looking for?

You...

• Have abackground in IT securityand a solid understanding of the modern threat landscape, especially social engineering.

• Canbuild prototypes independently and fast(rapid prototyping / vibe-coding) when validation calls for it.

• Are acareful, in-depth operator:you're not satisfied with something that merely works, you deliver solid insights.

• Are aconfident communicatorwho is convincing in front of enterprise customers and comfortable owning a project end to end.

• AreAI-native:AI tools are an essential part of your daily workflow to maximize speed and productivity.

• Are afluent communicator:you speak fluent English (German is a plus), enabling seamless communication within our international team and with our clients.

Bonus

• A background inresearch/innovation.

• Demonstrable quality of work: strong academic track record, reference projects, or documented results you can point to.

Why revel8?

• Our revelutionary Energy:Join a team that's ambitious, kind, and genuinely excited about what we're building. We move fast, we have fun, and we treat each other well.

• Timing:Product-market fit is proven. The work now is to scale through rigorous execution.

• New Munich Office:We thrive on an office-first culture and moved our whole team from Berlin to Munich in February, unlimited coffee, table soccer and good vibes included.

• Sit at the frontier:This is one of the most sought-after roles in the company, high visibility, lots of room to shape things, and a direct line to enterprise customers, working at the intersection of AI, deepfakes, and social engineering.

• Your Daily Balance:EGYM Wellpass so you can take care of your body while you're in startup mode.

Ready to join the revelution?

• Our revelutionary Energy: Join a team that's ambitious, kind, and genuinely excited about what we're building. We move fast, we have fun, and we treat each other well.
• Timing: Product-market fit is proven. The work now is to scale through rigorous execution.
• Sit at the frontier: This is one of the most sought-after roles in the company, high visibility, lots of room to shape things, and a direct line to enterprise customers, working at the intersection of AI, deepfakes, and social engineering.
• Office-first: In the heart of Munich at Stiglmaierplatz, with flexibility when you need it. Unlimited coffee, table tennis and good vibes included.
• Shared success:Every team member is part of our ESOP program, so everyone shares in what we build.
• EGYM Wellpass membership for your daily balance.