Agentic AI Security Researcher - 12-Mo Contract

Queen's University Belfast; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Queen's University Belfast invites applications for a fixed-term 12-month role to explore vulnerabilities in AI coding assistants and automated code-review agents, including proof-of-concept attacks and defences, and to curate vulnerable-code datasets.

The post is ideal for an MSc graduate (or strong BSc Hons) who wants publishable R&D experience before a PhD or industrial career, with opportunities to contribute to papers, demos and outreach.

Qualifications

• Hold a 2:1 Degree or above BSc in Computer Science, Cyber-security, AI or related. MSc is desirable for this position.
• Have significant Python programming experience
• Have familiarity with at least one LLM framework or API (Hugging Face, llama.cpp)
• Have solid software-engineering and version-control (Git) practice

Responsibilities

• Implement proof-of-concept attacks and defences against coding and review agents.
• Curate vulnerable-code datasets for research and demonstrations.
• Contribute to papers, demos and industry outreach.

Skills

Python programming

Software engineering & Git

LLM frameworks / APIs

Education

2:1 Degree or above BSc in Computer Science, Cyber-security, AI or related. MSc is desirable.

Tools

Hugging Face

llama.cpp

Git

Job description

Queen's University Belfast invites applications for a fixed-term 12-month role to explore vulnerabilities in AI coding assistants and automated code-review agents, including proof-of-concept attacks and defences, and to curate vulnerable-code datasets.

The post is ideal for an MSc graduate (or strong BSc Hons) who wants publishable R&D experience before a PhD or industrial career, with opportunities to contribute to papers, demos and outreach.