Cybersecurity Engineer - AI Trainer

Cybersecurity Jobs; Vienna (VA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation: USD 65-80/hr

Flexible engagement: Remote & async

YC-backed research lab

Job summary

AfterQuery Experts is hiring a remote, asynchronous Cybersecurity Engineer to help frontier AI labs train trustworthy security behavior. In this role, you will design and evaluate security analysis, threat modeling, and incident response scenarios grounded in real-world engineering practice.

Location: Vienna, VA (remote). Contract position with USD 65 to 80 per hour, paid weekly. Join a YC-backed research lab shaping how frontier models reason about software.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2+ years in security engineering, red team, or SOC.
• Familiar with common attack classes, detection tooling, and remediation.
• Ability to explain attack paths and mitigations in writing.

Responsibilities

• Design challenging, realistic security analysis, threat modeling, and incident response tasks drawn from production practice
• Evaluate model responses for correctness, sound reasoning, and subtle failure modes
• Document your reasoning clearly so another engineer can audit the judgment

Skills

Security engineering

Threat modeling

Incident response

Technical writing

Red team / SOC

Job description

AfterQuery Experts is hiring a remote, asynchronous Cybersecurity Engineer to help frontier AI labs train trustworthy security behavior. In this role, you will design and evaluate security analysis, threat modeling, and incident response scenarios grounded in real-world engineering practice. If you enjoy combining offensive and defensive thinking with clear, auditable explanations, this contract position offers a flexible way to make an impact.

Location: Vienna, VA (remote)

Job type: Contract

Compensation: USD 65 to 80 per hour, paid weekly

Key Responsibilities

• Design challenging, realistic security analysis, threat modeling, and incident response tasks drawn from production practice
• Evaluate model responses for correctness, sound reasoning, and subtle failure modes
• Document your reasoning clearly so another engineer can audit the judgment

What You Bring

• 2+ years of professional experience in security engineering, red team, or SOC work
• Familiarity with common attack classes, detection tooling, and remediation practice
• Ability to explain an attack path and its mitigation clearly in writing

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation: $65-$80/hour, paid weekly
• Flexible Engagement: Fully remote and asynchronous, on your own schedule
• Innovative Impact: Join a YC-backed research lab shaping how frontier models reason about software