Application Security Analyst

Alignerr Corp.; Miami (FL); Remote; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy

Variety

Global collaboration

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking an Application Security Analyst to help AI models learn to assess application risk through realistic security scenarios. You'll review vulnerabilities across code, APIs, and system behavior and help guide secure coding practices.

The role is remote, hourly, 10–40 hours/week, with potential for ongoing work. Candidates should have 2+ years in application security and familiarity with OWASP Top 10, plus ability to articulate risk clearly.

Qualifications

• 2+ years hands-on experience in application, product, or software security.
• Familiarity with the OWASP Top 10 and common production vulnerabilities.
• Ability to articulate risk clearly to a technical audience.

Responsibilities

• Review and analyze real-world application security scenarios across code, APIs, and system behavior.
• Classify vulnerabilities including authentication flaws, injection risks, and business logic issues.
• Evaluate secure coding practices and assess the quality of remediation strategies.
• Create and validate security-focused reasoning datasets that teach AI how to accurately assess application risk.
• Distinguish genuine exploitability from theoretical risk across a range of scenarios.

Skills

Application security

OWASP Top 10

Vulnerability analysis

Job description

Application Security Analyst (AI Training)

About The Role

We're partnering with leading AI research teams to build smarter, safer AI systems — and we need security professionals who understand how software actually breaks in the real world.

As an Application Security Analyst, you'll work with realistic security scenarios to help frontier AI models learn how to assess, prioritize, and reason about application risk. Your hands‑on experience with production vulnerabilities is exactly what's needed to make AI more security‑aware.

• Organization: Alignerr
• Type: Hourly Contract
• Location: Remote
• Commitment: 10–40 hours/week

What You’ll Do

• Review and analyze real‑world application security scenarios across code, APIs, and system behavior
• Classify vulnerabilities including authentication flaws, injection risks, and business logic issues
• Evaluate secure coding practices and assess the quality of remediation strategies
• Create and validate security‑focused reasoning datasets that teach AI how to accurately assess application risk
• Distinguish genuine exploitability from theoretical risk across a range of scenarios

Who You Are

• 2+ years of hands‑on experience in application, product, or software security
• Solid familiarity with the OWASP Top 10 and common production vulnerabilities
• Able to think like an attacker and articulate risk clearly and precisely
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to structure security reasoning for a technical audience
• Self‑directed and comfortable working independently on task‑based assignments

Nice to Have

• Experience with penetration testing, threat modeling, or secure code review
• Background in bug bounty programs or red teaming
• Familiarity with AI or machine learning evaluation workflows

Why Join Us

• Work directly on cutting‑edge AI projects with top research labs
• Fully remote and flexible — work on your own schedule
• Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and global collaboration
• Make a meaningful impact on how AI understands and reasons about cybersecurity
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension