Remote AI Security Engineer — Senior Backend

YO AI Labs; New York (NY); Remote; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

YO AI Labs is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to work remotely on cybersecurity and backend tasks. You will tackle challenging coding problems, implement features, fix bugs, and build deterministic verifiers to evaluate solutions.

Ideal candidates have strong backend skills in Java, Python, Rust, or TypeScript, plus experience with security testing, audits, and performance optimization. This contractor role offers flexible scheduling around ~15 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Strong backend development experience across multiple languages.
• Experience building scalable services and APIs.
• Security-focused with penetration testing or audits.

Responsibilities

• Develop and debug complex software.
• Implement new features and resolve issues.
• Refactor and optimize existing codebases.
• Create realistic coding and security tasks.
• Develop reliable deterministic verification systems.
• Identify vulnerabilities and security risks.
• Apply strong algorithms and data structures principles.

Skills

Python

Java

Rust

TypeScript

C++

Algorithms

Data structures

Bug fixes

Feature implementation

Code refactoring

Performance optimization

Penetration testing

Security auditing

Job description

YO AI Labs is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to work remotely on cybersecurity and backend tasks. You will tackle challenging coding problems, implement features, fix bugs, and build deterministic verifiers to evaluate solutions.

Ideal candidates have strong backend skills in Java, Python, Rust, or TypeScript, plus experience with security testing, audits, and performance optimization. This contractor role offers flexible scheduling around ~15 hours per week.