Senior Security Researcher (Red Team)

Pindrop; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first environment

Unlimited PTO

Generous health plans

Employer HSA contribution

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Job summary

Pindrop is a leading Identity Trust Platform for the AI era, delivering real-time verification and deepfake detection across voice, video, and digital channels. The Senior Security Researcher will blend offensive security, GenAI attack simulation, and security engineering to strengthen defenses before adversaries act.

You’ll design red team campaigns, conduct adversarial testing, and partner with SecOps to translate findings into practical security improvements.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on penetration testing and red team experience across SaaS applications, cloud infrastructure, APIs, and web applications.
• Demonstrable experience attacking GenAI or LLM-based systems, including prompt injection, jailbreaking, indirect prompt attacks, model extraction, or adversarial input generation.
• Hands-on experience with deepfake tools, voice synthesis, or audio/visual spoofing technologies in an offensive or research context.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute red team operations against Pindrop’s GenAI systems, LLM pipelines, RAG architectures, autonomous agents, APIs, SaaS products, and cloud environments.
• Conduct adversarial testing focused on prompt injection, indirect prompt attacks, jailbreaking, model extraction, training-data poisoning, data leakage, inference abuse, and unauthorized output manipulation.
• Use deepfake generation, voice synthesis, and related spoofing techniques to test and attempt to defeat Pindrop’s voice authentication and deepfake detection capabilities.
• Develop novel attack chains that combine GenAI vulnerabilities with infrastructure, application, identity, and API weaknesses.
• Plan and execute full-scope penetration tests and support bug bounty efforts across web applications, APIs, SaaS products, and cloud environments.
• Perform architecture reviews, security code reviews, and threat modeling with emphasis on AI/ML components.

Skills

Red Team

GenAI security

Deepfake tooling

Python

Burp Suite

OWASP ZAP

Nmap

Metasploit

Cobalt Strike

CI/CD security

Tools

Burp Suite

OWASP ZAP

Nmap

Metasploit

Cobalt Strike

Gar ark

PyRIT

Job description

Pindrop is the Real Human + Right Human® Identity Trust Platform for the AI era. As AI-driven fraud and deepfakes erode trust in digital communication, Pindrop delivers continuous identity verification and deepfake detection across voice, video, and digital interactions in real time.

Enterprises rely on Pindrop to secure billions of high-risk customer interactions each year, including top U.S. banks, as well as leading insurers and healthcare providers. Powered by models trained on more than 1.5 billion real-world interactions annually and protected by 300+ patents, Pindrop restores trust while reducing fraud, lowering operational costs, and improving customer experience.

Recognized by TIME as one of the Top 10 Most Influential Software Companies of 2026 and by Inc. for Best in Business for Innovation, Pindrop is backed by leading investors including Andreessen Horowitz, IVP, and CapitalG.

What you’ll do

As a Senior Security Researcher (Red Team), you will help Pindrop proactively identify and exploit weaknesses across product, cloud, and AI-powered systems so we can strengthen defenses before adversaries do. This role blends hands-on offensive security, GenAI attack simulation, security engineering, and operational partnership with blue-team, product, and AI/ML stakeholders.

• Design and execute red team operations against Pindrop’s GenAI systems, LLM pipelines, RAG architectures, autonomous agents, APIs, SaaS products, and cloud environments, simulating real-world attacks across both traditional and AI-specific attack surfaces.
• Conduct adversarial testing focused on prompt injection, indirect prompt attacks, jailbreaking, model extraction, training-data poisoning, data leakage, inference abuse, and unauthorized output manipulation.
• Use deepfake generation, voice synthesis, and related spoofing techniques to test and attempt to defeat Pindrop’s voice authentication and deepfake detection capabilities, helping identify model robustness and detection gaps.
• Develop novel attack chains that combine GenAI vulnerabilities with infrastructure, application, identity, and API weaknesses to create realistic end-to-end threat scenarios.
• Plan and execute full-scope penetration tests and support bug bounty efforts across Pindrop’s web applications, APIs, SaaS products, and AWS/GCP environments using commercial and open-source offensive tooling.
• Perform architecture reviews, security code reviews, and threat modeling with emphasis on vulnerabilities introduced by AI/ML components, model integrations, and LLM-facing services.
• Build automation for offensive security workflows, testing, compliance checks, alerting, and reporting using Python or similar scripting languages, including AI-native attack tooling where useful.
• Partner closely with SecOps and security engineering to improve detections, tune response workflows, and translate red team findings into practical remediation and defensive improvements.
• Stay current on GenAI security research, adversarial ML techniques, evolving threat intelligence, and relevant regulatory developments, then apply those insights to Pindrop’s security program.

Who you are

• You are an adversarial thinker who approaches security from an attacker’s perspective and brings the creativity, rigor, and curiosity to prove it.
• You have genuine hands-on experience attacking AI systems, not just reading about them, and you enjoy breaking assumptions that others consider safe.
• You continuously look for automation and AI-powered efficiencies in offensive security workflows.
• You communicate clearly and can translate technical findings into prioritized, actionable guidance for technical and executive audiences alike.
• You work independently and thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with minimal supervision.
• You are resilient, optimistic, accountable, and adaptable when priorities shift.

Your skill-set

Must-haves

• 3+ years of hands-on penetration testing and red team experience across SaaS applications, cloud infrastructure, APIs, and web applications.
• Demonstrable experience attacking GenAI or LLM-based systems, including prompt injection, jailbreaking, indirect prompt attacks, model extraction, or adversarial input generation.
• Hands-on experience with deepfake tools, voice synthesis, or audio/visual spoofing technologies in an offensive or research context.
• Strong proficiency with offensive security tooling such as Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, Nmap, Metasploit, Cobalt Strike, or equivalent frameworks.
• Experience configuring and operating SAST and DAST tools and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language, with Python strongly preferred, for custom attack tooling and workflow automation.
• Familiarity with AI-specialized security tools or frameworks such as Garak, PyRIT, Claude Security, or similar adversarial ML tooling.
• Strong understanding of cloud security architecture, container security, API security, and common security standards including ISO 27001/27002, NIST, CIS, PCI DSS, OWASP, and SOC 2.

Nice-to-haves

• Prior software development or secure architecture experience, including the ability to reason about production code across multiple languages.
• Research, publication, or deep practitioner background in adversarial machine learning, LLM security, or voice/audio deepfake detection.
• Relevant certifications such as OSCP, GPEN, GWAPT, GXPN, CEH, or equivalent.
• Prior experience in voice biometrics, AI security, fraud prevention, or similarly high-risk product environments.

What’s in it for you

As a Pindropper, you’ll join a rapidly growing company making technology more human with the power of voice. You’ll help shape how Pindrop attacks and defends modern AI-enabled systems, working at the intersection of offensive security, GenAI, deepfake defense, and cloud security. Your work will have direct impact on how we protect voice identity and high-trust customer interactions. You’ll work alongside a passionate, high-performing team committed to excellence and enjoying the journey together.

What we offer

As a part of Pindrop, you’ll have a direct impact on our growing list of products and the future of security in the voice-driven economy. We hire great people and take care of them. Here’s a snapshot of the benefits we offer:

• Competitive compensation package, including RSUs (Restricted Stock Units) for all employees, so everyone shares in our long-term success.
• Remote-first environment - giving you flexibility and autonomy in how you structure your day.
• While we work flexibly, we prioritize meaningful in-person moments through regular team on-sites, company-wide events, and intentional gatherings that foster connection, collaboration, and shared success.
• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Generous health and welfare plans to choose from - including one employer-paid “employee-only” plan!
• Best-in-class Health Savings Account (HSA) employer contribution
• Low-cost vision and dental plans for you and your family, providing comprehensive coverage and peace of mind.
• Paid Parental Leave - Including birth, adoptive & foster parents
• One year of diaper delivery for your newest addition to the family! It’s our way of welcoming new Pindroplets to the family!
• Recurring monthly phone and internet allowance to help cover essential connectivity costs and support flexible work.
• Enhanced fertility and GLP-1 benefits to support family-building journeys and personalized health needs.
• Annual Learning & Development stipend to support your professional growth, skill-building, certifications, and continued education.

Please note that the base pay range is a general guideline only. Pindrop considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills, as well as market and business considerations, when extending an offer.

US Base Pay Range : $125,000 USD - $165,000 USD

AI - A Transformative Force

At Pindrop, we view artificial intelligence as a transformative force that, when harnessed responsibly, can unlock unprecedented value for our customers, partners and society and enable and empower us to continue to deliver cutting-edge technology to combat fraud and unblur the lines between what it means to be human versus machine.

Pindrop may use AI tools to help prioritize job applications for human review. The AI tool may analyze your work experience and skills to assess fit for the role, but does not consider your name or contact details. Applications with the strongest match to job requirements are prioritized for human review; not all applications may be individually reviewed.

Pindrop is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Here at Pindrop, it is our mission to create and maintain a diverse and inclusive work environment. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, disability, marital and/or veteran status.