Research Scientist, AI & Security Systems

Horizon3.ai; United States; Remote; USD 145,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Inclusive Team

Growth Opportunities

Innovative Culture

Hybrid & Remote Work

Competitive Compensation

Job summary

Horizon3.ai is seeking a Research Staff Member to join Horizon3 AI Research, exploring problems at the intersection of super intelligence, systems security, and agentic security systems. You will turn promising ideas into prototypes, experiments, and systems that influence Horizon3's technology.

The role blends hands-on experimentation with real security environments to validate hypotheses. Applicants should have strong CS foundations, depth in systems security or ML/AI, and the curiosity to

Qualifications

• Strong CS foundations across algorithms, systems, software and data.
• Technical depth in systems security, ML/AI, or related area.
• Strong programming ability; Python is useful, language matters less than fundamentals.
• Ability to design careful experiments, analyze results, and distinguish evidence from intuition.
• Curiosity and willingness to explore unfamiliar technical areas in depth.
• Interest in both research and engineering; adapt between ideas, experiments, prototypes, and implementation.
• Ability to receive technical feedback and learn from others.
• Good technical judgment, balancing exploration with rigorous reasoning.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research on problems at the intersection of AI, cybersecurity, and computer systems.
• Formulate research questions from real technical challenges faced by Horizon3 and its customers.
• Design and run experiments to test hypotheses in controlled environments.
• Build research prototypes and implement methods with quality for evaluation.
• Study and evaluate modern AI techniques including LLMs, agentic systems, and reasoning methods.
• Analyze security systems, attack paths, telemetry, graphs, configurations, and real-world data.
• Read and evaluate academic literature; apply ideas to Horizon3's problems.
• Collaborate with researchers, attack engineers, security engineers, product teams and others.
• Document research methods, experiments, results and limitations clearly.
• Communicate findings through internal reports, prototypes, and potential publications.
• Develop greater research independence and propose technical approaches.

Skills

Foundations in CS

Systems security depth

ML/AI interest

Strong programming

Experimental design

Curiosity to learn

Research-Engineering blend

Technical feedback reception

Strong communication

Education

CS degree or related field

Job description

Horizon3.ai is seeking a Research Staff Member to join Horizon3 AI Research, exploring problems at the intersection of super intelligence, systems security, and agentic security systems. You will turn promising ideas into prototypes, experiments, and systems that influence Horizon3's technology.

The role blends hands-on experimentation with real security environments to validate hypotheses. Applicants should have strong CS foundations, depth in systems security or ML/AI, and the curiosity to