GenAI Security Prompt Engineer — Cyber Defense Testing

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 96,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Benefits

Vision Benefits

PTO

401(k)

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC in Charlotte, NC seeks an AI Prompt Engineer to join a GenAI security research team focused on cybersecurity assessment and SAST/DAST testing of frontier AI models. You will develop complex, context-aware prompts and prompting harnesses for cyber defense testing, collaborate with data engineering and threat-hunting teams, and help structure findings for remediation.

This contract opportunity offers competitive hourly compensation and benefits, with exposure to

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience developing complex, advanced AI prompts.
• Strong cybersecurity background and understanding of vulnerabilities, malware behavior, and ingress/egress security issues.
• General software development experience using Python, Go, .NET, or another programming language.
• Experience building context-aware prompting workflows or AI harnesses.
• Experience working with frontier AI models such as OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar platforms.
• Database experience with PostgreSQL, Elastic, Cloud SQL, or comparable technologies.
• Ability to speak in detail about specific AI prompting projects and security use cases.

Responsibilities

• Develop advanced AI prompts and prompting harnesses for cybersecurity testing
• Apply prompting techniques to vulnerability and penetration-style testing
• Support perimeter scanning, port scanning, and certificate misuse detection
• Test and iterate prompts across multiple frontier AI models
• Analyze model responses and refine prompting strategies based on findings
• Work with data engineering teams to structure and capture AI-generated security findings
• Collaborate with threat hunters to determine which findings require further investigation or remediation
• Contribute to GenAI security research and experimentation

Skills

AI prompts

Cybersecurity

Python

Go

.NET

AI harnesses

OpenAI

Anthropic

PostgreSQL

Elastic

Cloud SQL

Tools

Kubernetes

GKE

PostgreSQL

Elastic

Cloud SQL

Job description

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC in Charlotte, NC seeks an AI Prompt Engineer to join a GenAI security research team focused on cybersecurity assessment and SAST/DAST testing of frontier AI models. You will develop complex, context-aware prompts and prompting harnesses for cyber defense testing, collaborate with data engineering and threat-hunting teams, and help structure findings for remediation.

This contract opportunity offers competitive hourly compensation and benefits, with exposure to