AI security researcher

0Labs; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Flexible work setup

Remote or hybrid work

Growth opportunities

Health and wellness benefits

Learning opportunities

Creative autonomy

Strong team culture

Meaningful impact

Job summary

0Labs in San Francisco/London is seeking an AI security researcher/engineer to design and build highly realistic cybersecurity environments. You will evaluate defensive and offensive cyber capabilities of frontier models and study rogue model deployments to mitigate loss-of-control scenarios.

Join a small, fast-moving team committed to societal impact, with flexible work setups supporting remote or hybrid lifestyles and opportunities for growth and learning.

Qualifications

• Background in security research or engineering, offensive or defensive.
• Experience building scalable environments and infrastructure.
• Ability to own problems end to end and work fast in a small team.

Responsibilities

• Design and build realistic cybersecurity environments (e.g., energy grids, telecom networks, cloud environments).
• Evaluate defensive and offensive capabilities of frontier models.
• Study model rogue behavior and help mitigate rogue internal deployments.
• Own problems end to end as part of a small, fast-moving team.

Skills

Security research

Engineering

Offensive security

Defensive security

Job description

About 0Labs Over the next few years, cybersecurity will completely shift from human operators to agents. AI becomes the most capable attacker in the world, so we're building systems that can help protect society in a world with increasingly capable and misaligned AI models.

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AI security researcher

San Francisco / London

Full-time

Competitive

The role

As an AI security researcher / engineer, you will design and build highly realistic cybersecurity environments. For example, energy grids, telecommunication networks, and cloud environments. You will use them to evaluate emergent defensive and offensive cyber capabilities of frontier models. You will also study how models behave when they go rogue, evaluating and helping mitigate rogue internal deployments that lead to loss-of-control scenarios.

Who We Are Looking For

We are a very small team moving very fast, and you will own problems end to end. You will be a good fit if you are ambitious, driven, and care about societal impact.

Beyond that, you likely have a strong background in security research or engineering - offensive or defensive. You can build, standing up infrastructure and turning a research idea into an environment other people can use.

Perks and benefits

• Why you'll love working here
• Competitive compensation
• Fair salaries and real ownership, so the value you create is rewarded directly.
• Flexible work setup
• Work from where you’re most productive, with support for remote or hybrid lifestyles.
• Growth opportunities
• Learn from talented teammates and take on challenges that push your craft forward.
• Health and wellness
• Comprehensive coverage and wellness benefits to support a balanced, healthy life.
• Meaningful impact
• Your work directly shapes the product and influences how millions will build software.
• Continuous learning
• Access courses, conferences and coaching to stay curious and grow faster.
• Creative autonomy
• We trust you to make decisions, experiment freely and bring bold ideas to life.
• Strong team culture
• Collaborate with friendly, passionate people who care about doing great work together.