Cybersecurity Engineer - AI Trainer

AfterQuery; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Remote; USD 3,300 - 5,400; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible hours

Referral bonus

Job summary

AfterQuery is seeking a cybersecurity professional for a fully remote, project-based role. Work asynchronously with flexible hours, earning per accepted task and potential bonuses.

The focus is on producing and validating patches for OSS-fuzz style repositories while contributing to frontier AI model training in cybersecurity workflows. The ideal candidate has 1–2+ years of cybersecurity experience, a CS degree, and hands-on vulnerability research or security auditing.

Qualifications

• 1-2+ years of experience in cybersecurity.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience with vulnerability research or security auditing.

Responsibilities

• Produce and validate patches for repositories.
• Complete tasks independently within a flexible, async workflow.

Skills

Cybersecurity experience

Code patching

Vulnerability research

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

OSS-fuzz style tooling

Patch generation

Job description

Paid, part-time remote project helping train frontier AI models on cybersecurity workflows. Flexible hours designed to fit around a full-time role.

This is a remote, project-based role for cybersecurity professionals with 1+ years of hands-on experience in vulnerability research. You will complete tasks involving generating code repositories with OSS-fuzz-style vulnerabilities and producing correct patches for them.

Schedule

Work is fully asynchronous with no set hours or meetings required, and tasks can be completed on your own schedule during evenings or weekends.

Pay

• Earn $300 per accepted task.
• Each successfully accepted task pays $50, with potential bonuses for high quality work and specific quantities up to $180 per repository.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to cutting edge AI model training while earning competitive pay on a flexible, project-by-project basis.

Why Apply

• Fully remote, work on your own schedule
• $200 referral bonus for bringing in other qualified experts

Responsibilities

• Produce and validate patches for those repositories
• Complete tasks independently within a flexible, async workflow

Required Qualifications

• 1-2+ years of experience in cybersecurity
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Experience with vulnerability research or security auditing

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with fuzzing tools or OSS-fuzz style vulnerability research
• Experience writing and patching code in C, C++, or similar low-level languages
• More than 2 years of hands-on security research experience

About AfterQuery

AfterQuery is a research lab investigating the boundaries of artificial intelligence through novel datasets and experimentation. We believe great AI comes from exceptional, human-generated data.

We're backed by top investors, including Y Combinator and Box Group, and support all leading AI labs.