Offensive Security Engineer - Red Team / Pen Testing Remote

Aicompliance; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 220,000 - 405,000; Full time

Job summary

Perplexity in San Francisco, CA is seeking a skilled Member of Technical Staff (Offensive Security Engineer) to lead red-team operations and drive proactive defense across complex systems.

You will perform advanced penetration testing across infrastructure, applications, and AI/ML platforms, conduct attack simulations, and collaborate with engineering teams to validate controls and improve security posture.

Qualifications

• Red team operations experience across infrastructure and apps.
• Penetration testing across AI/ML systems is a plus.
• Experience with offensive security methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Conduct red team operations, penetration tests and attack simulations across platforms.
• Assess security in cloud, on-prem, and AI/ML environments.
• Collaborate with security and engineering teams to remediate findings.

Skills

Red teaming

Penetration testing

Offensive security

Infrastructure security

Job description

Perplexity in San Francisco, CA is seeking a skilled Member of Technical Staff (Offensive Security Engineer) to lead red-team operations and drive proactive defense across complex systems.

You will perform advanced penetration testing across infrastructure, applications, and AI/ML platforms, conduct attack simulations, and collaborate with engineering teams to validate controls and improve security posture.