Remote Cybersecurity Research Expert — Offensive Security

Visa Hunt; United States; Remote; USD 276,000 - 344,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Remote work is offered for a cybersecurity research role focusing on offensive security and vulnerability research.

The position emphasizes independent, asynchronous work to meet deadlines while enhancing AI model performance, with pay at $200–$250 per hour on a contract basis. Candidates with top-tier CTF success, CVEs, and bug bounty recognition are urged to apply.

Qualifications

• Must be a member of a top-ranked CTF team with demonstrated competitive achievements.
• Discoverer or co-author of CVEs affecting widely used software.
• Publicly recognised bug bounty researcher with accepted findings by major programs.
• Research experience at a well-respected security lab or academic group.
• Author of high-quality security publications or widely cited writeups.
• Strong understanding of exploit development, reverse engineering, binary analysis, OS, networks, web security, or cryptography.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate AI-generated analyses of cybersecurity scenarios, exploits, and vulnerability reports.
• Review technical writeups for correctness, exploitability, and mitigation quality.
• Validate vulnerability root-cause analysis across software, OS, networks, cloud, and web apps.
• Provide structured feedback on security reasoning, exploit chains, and defensive recommendations.
• Contribute to benchmark development for advanced AI security capabilities.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Skills

CTF Team Member

CVEs authored

Bug Bounty Researcher

Security Research Publications

Exploit Development

Reverse Engineering

Tools

IDA Pro

Ghidra

Binary Ninja

Radare2

Job description

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Remote work is offered for a cybersecurity research role focusing on offensive security and vulnerability research.

The position emphasizes independent, asynchronous work to meet deadlines while enhancing AI model performance, with pay at $200–$250 per hour on a contract basis. Candidates with top-tier CTF success, CVEs, and bug bounty recognition are urged to apply.