Remote Senior Cyber AI Engineer - R&D Prototyping

SixGen, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid health insurance

401K with employer contribution

Flexible remote work policies

Flexible PTO

Job summary

SIXGEN, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineer, Cyber AI R&D to turn AI concepts into working cybersecurity software and prototypes.

You will explore vulnerability research, reverse engineering, malware analysis, and cyber operations at the intersection of software, cybersecurity, and AI. The role emphasizes rapid experimentation, practical AI applications, and collaboration with operators and product engineers to mature prototypes into deployable capabilities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering, cybersecurity engineering, applied research, or related technical field.
• Strong hands-on software engineering skills and experience designing and building non-trivial software systems.
• Ability to take a technical problem from concept through prototype, experimentation, and working implementation.
• Hands-on experience developing applications using large language models or other modern AI systems.
• Experience integrating models with APIs, tools, data sources, software environments, or external systems.
• Knowledge of AI application patterns: prompt engineering, retrieval, tool use, structured outputs, workflow orchestration, agentic design.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity concepts and at least one technical domain such as vulnerability research or malware analysis.
• Strong Python development skills and familiarity with other languages used in systems/cybersecurity.
• Experience debugging complex systems and investigating unfamiliar problems.
• Ability to evaluate technologies critically and communicate tradeoffs clearly.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Math, or related field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Research and develop AI-enabled cybersecurity capabilities, building prototypes and experimental systems.
• Build working software quickly, translating concepts into functional prototypes for engineers, operators, and customers.
• Apply AI to specialized cyber workflows including vulnerability research, reverse engineering, malware analysis, code analysis, and security testing.
• Develop agentic systems and workflows by integrating models with tools, APIs, and data sources.
• Experiment with new models and techniques to measure improvements over existing approaches.
• Develop product concepts through technical iteration toward usable internal tools and customer-facing capabilities.
• Design and run technical evaluations, measuring capability, reliability, and operational usefulness.
• Integrate AI models into real software systems with APIs and local/hosted inference.
• Build supporting infrastructure and tooling for test harnesses, datasets, and automation.
• Collaborate with cyber operators to identify automation opportunities and iterate based on feedback.
• Partner with senior leaders and product engineers to validate approaches and mature prototypes.
• Investigate failures and limitations and improve reliability.
• Document architectures, experiments, results, and decisions for reproducibility.
• Stay current with AI and cybersecurity developments and assess practical applications.
• Support demonstrations and technical customer engagements when appropriate.

Skills

Python development

AI model deployment

API integration

Software engineering

Cybersecurity knowledge

Problem solving

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Math, or related field

Tools

LLMs

Job description

SIXGEN, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineer, Cyber AI R&D to turn AI concepts into working cybersecurity software and prototypes.

You will explore vulnerability research, reverse engineering, malware analysis, and cyber operations at the intersection of software, cybersecurity, and AI. The role emphasizes rapid experimentation, practical AI applications, and collaboration with operators and product engineers to mature prototypes into deployable capabilities.