Lead Research Scientist, AI Security & Systems

Horizon3; United States; Remote; USD 174,000 - 249,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Inclusive Team

Growth Opportunities

Innovative Culture

Hybrid & Remote Work

Competitive Compensation

Job summary

Horizon3 is seeking an experienced Research Staff Member to join Horizon3 AI Research and lead research problems at the intersection of super intelligence, systems security, and agentic systems for security.

You’ll identify technical challenges, translate them into research questions, and develop methods, prototypes, or guided implementations for Horizon3 technologies in production-adjacent settings.

Qualifications

• Strong foundational CS knowledge and ability to reason about algorithms, systems, software and data.
• Experience researching or investigating where results required careful experimentation and analysis.
• Ability to translate research ideas into working prototypes and production-relevant systems.

Responsibilities

• Identify, formulate, and drive research problems at the intersection of AI, cybersecurity, and computer systems.
• Independently develop research directions, hypotheses, and experimental plans.
• Design and lead rigorous experiments in controlled environments with clear baselines and limitations.
• Build research prototypes or provide technical direction for implementation and evaluation.
• Study and evaluate modern AI techniques (LLMs, agentic systems, planning, search) relevant to security.

Skills

CS fundamentals

Systems security

ML/AI depth

Problem solving

Research experience

Programming

Experiment design

Literature review

Research & engineering

Technical judgment

Mentorship

Independent work

Communication

CS degree

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Horizon3 is seeking an experienced Research Staff Member to join Horizon3 AI Research and lead research problems at the intersection of super intelligence, systems security, and agentic systems for security.

You’ll identify technical challenges, translate them into research questions, and develop methods, prototypes, or guided implementations for Horizon3 technologies in production-adjacent settings.