AI Security Red Team Engineer

Check Point Software; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Check Point Software in San Francisco is seeking an AI Security Engineer to join our Red Team and advance AI security testing across enterprise environments. You will perform hands-on red teaming, develop scalable testing methodologies, and collaborate with clients and internal teams to deliver actionable findings and strategic security improvements.

This role blends manual testing with automation, cross-functional collaboration, and ongoing research into new AI attack surfaces.

Qualifications

• Proven offensive security experience including red teaming, pen testing, assessments, bug bounty, or CTF participation.
• Ability to find real vulnerabilities by hand, not just using tools.
• Strong knowledge of web, API, and network security fundamentals.
• Deep understanding of LLM vulnerabilities such as prompt injection, jailbreaking, data poisoning, and agentic risks.
• Experience with threat modeling complex systems and architectures.
• Proficiency in developing automated tooling to enable testing and improve workflows.

Responsibilities

• Deliver AI red teaming security assessments for enterprise customers.
• Collaborate with clients to scope projects, define testing requirements, and establish success criteria.
• Conduct comprehensive security assessments of AI systems, including text-based LLMs and multimodal agents.
• Extend testing to tools, APIs, and services these AI systems connect to.
• Test manually and creatively beyond automated coverage to find failures tooling misses.
• Author detailed security assessment reports with actionable findings and remediation recommendations.
• Present findings and strategic recommendations to technical and executive stakeholders.

Skills

Red teaming

Penetration testing

LLM security

Threat modeling

Automation tooling

Web API security

Security assessments

Technical writing

Job description

Check Point Software in San Francisco is seeking an AI Security Engineer to join our Red Team and advance AI security testing across enterprise environments. You will perform hands-on red teaming, develop scalable testing methodologies, and collaborate with clients and internal teams to deliver actionable findings and strategic security improvements.

This role blends manual testing with automation, cross-functional collaboration, and ongoing research into new AI attack surfaces.