AI Cybersecurity Researcher: Exploit & Vulnerability Eval

Mercor

New York (NY)

Remote

USD 140,000 - 210,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Mercor is seeking highly accomplished Cybersecurity Research Experts to evaluate cutting-edge AI security systems, focusing on offensive security research, vulnerability analysis, exploit development, and secure software engineering. This role rewards deep technical impact and public recognition.

You will evaluate AI-generated analyses, review exploit writeups for correctness and mitigation quality, validate root-cause analyses across software and cloud environments, and contribute to benchmark

Qualifications

CTF team member with documented achievements.
CVEs affecting widely used software.
Public bug bounty findings accepted by major programs (e.g., Google, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, GitHub, Mozilla).
Research experience in security laboratories or academic groups (e.g., KAIST Security Lab, SSLab).
Author of security publications, conference papers, or widely cited writeups.
Strong understanding of exploit development, reverse engineering, binary analysis, vulnerability research, OS, networks, web security, or cryptography.

Responsibilities

Evaluate AI-generated analyses of cybersecurity scenarios, exploits, and vulnerability reports.
Review technical writeups for correctness, exploitability, and mitigation quality.
Validate vulnerability root-cause analysis across software, OS, networks, cloud, and web apps.
Provide structured feedback on security reasoning, exploit chains, and defensive recommendations.
Contribute to benchmark development for advanced AI security capabilities.