Remote Cyber Security Engineer - AI Focus, 15h/wk Contract

Recruitment Room; United States; Remote; USD 58,000 - 192,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible hours

Output-based pay

Job summary

Appsierra Group seeks a Cyber Security Engineer for remote engagement, about 15 hours per week. You’ll apply hands-on software engineering and cybersecurity to AI-focused projects, analyzing code, fixing security issues, and ensuring robust security reviews.

You’ll work with real-world codebases, perform penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and security audits, contributing to scalable, secure backend systems while planning practical mitigations.

Qualifications

• Hands-on cybersecurity and software engineering expertise across projects.
• Experience with debugging, vulnerability assessments, and security audits.
• Ability to work with real-world codebases and AI-focused tasks.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, debug, and resolve software bugs and security vulnerabilities across diverse codebases.
• Implement new features and improve existing functionality using languages such as Python, Java, Rust, Go, C++, and TypeScript.
• Refactor legacy code to improve maintainability, security, reliability, and performance.
• Conduct codebase audits, penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and other security reviews.
• Identify security risks and recommend practical mitigation strategies.
• Contribute to backend development and optimize applications for scalability and security.
• Apply algorithms and software engineering principles to complex technical problems.
• Document findings, technical reasoning, and recommended improvements.
• Provide practical engineering and cybersecurity insights that can strengthen AI training and evaluation datasets.

Skills

Python

Java

Rust

Go

C++

TypeScript

Job description

Appsierra Group seeks a Cyber Security Engineer for remote engagement, about 15 hours per week. You’ll apply hands-on software engineering and cybersecurity to AI-focused projects, analyzing code, fixing security issues, and ensuring robust security reviews.

You’ll work with real-world codebases, perform penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and security audits, contributing to scalable, secure backend systems while planning practical mitigations.