Security Engineer - Fully Remote | Upto $85/hr

Obsidian; Berlin; Remote; EUR 242.493 - 363.740; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Obsidian is seeking experienced security engineers in Berlin to evaluate AI coding agents through structured technical assessments. The role involves reviewing model-generated code for vulnerabilities and security risks, alongside comparing outputs from various models.

This is a project-based opportunity with compensation of $400 per accepted task. Candidates should have over 2 years of professional experience in security engineering and regularly use AI coding tools.

Qualifikationen

• 2+ years of professional security engineering experience.
• Regular use of AI coding agents for code evaluation.
• Ability to identify flaws in model-generated code.

Aufgaben

• Evaluate and improve AI coding models through technical assessments.
• Review model-generated code for vulnerabilities and security risks.
• Compare outputs from multiple models to assess strengths and weaknesses.

Kenntnisse

Professional security engineering experience

Application security

Cloud security

Infrastructure security

Vulnerability management

AI coding agents

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

Codex

Windsurf

Gemini CLI

Jobbeschreibung

About the Role

• Mercor is partnering with a leading AI research lab to support a Frontier Code Agents project.
• Contributors help evaluate and improve frontier AI coding models through structured technical assessments.
• The work focuses on realistic security engineering workflows and model evaluation.
• Spots are limited and filling quickly on a first come, first serve basis.

What You'll Do

• Use frontier AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex security engineering tasks.
• Review model-generated code and architectures for vulnerabilities, security risks, and implementation flaws.
• Identify bugs, edge cases, and security-related failure modes.
• Compare outputs from multiple frontier models and assess their strengths and weaknesses.
• Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic security engineering scenarios.

Time Commitment

Sprint based project that runs in 12-24 hour stretches based on client requirement.

Compensation

• $400 per accepted task.
• Typical tasks take approximately 2–3 hours after ramp-up.
• Compensation is tied to accepted work.

Who Should Apply

• 2+ years of professional security engineering experience.
• Experience with application security, cloud security, infrastructure security, vulnerability management, or security tooling.
• Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, or similar tools.
• Ability to identify flaws in model-generated code and architectures.
• Experience securing production systems is preferred.