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About The Role
We partner with the world's leading AI research labs to build smarter, safer AI systems — and we need security professionals who understand how software actually breaks in the real world. As an Application Security Analyst, you'll work with realistic security scenarios to help frontier AI models learn how to assess, prioritize, and remediate application risk. Your hands-on experience with production vulnerabilities is exactly what's needed to make AI reasoning about security genuinely trustworthy.
Organization: AlignerrType: Hourly ContractCommitment: 10–40 hours/weekLocation: Remote
What You'll Do
- Analyze real-world application security scenarios spanning code, APIs, and system behavior
- Classify and evaluate vulnerabilities including authentication flaws, injection risks, and business logic issues
- Assess secure coding practices and remediation strategies for accuracy and completeness
- Build and validate security-focused reasoning datasets that teach AI how to think about application risk
- Distinguish genuine exploitability from theoretical or overhyped risk in realistic scenarios
Who You Are
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in application, product, or software security
- Solid familiarity with the OWASP Top 10 and common vulnerabilities found in production environments
- Able to reason clearly about threat models, risk prioritization, and remediation trade-offs
- Strong written communication skills — you can explain complex security concepts in structured, precise language
- Self-motivated and comfortable working independently on task-based assignments
Nice to Have
- Experience with penetration testing, bug bounty, or secure code review
- Background in DevSecOps, API security, or cloud-native application security
- Familiarity with AI systems or data labeling workflows
Why Join Us
- Work directly on cutting-edge AI systems developed with top research labs
- Fully remote and flexible — structure your work around your schedule
- Freelance autonomy with meaningful, high-skill work
- Contribute to AI safety in a domain where your expertise genuinely matters
- Potential for ongoing work and contract extension
Key skills/competency
- Application Security
- AI Training
- Vulnerability Analysis
- OWASP Top 10
- Threat Modeling
- Risk Prioritization
- Remediation Strategies
- Secure Coding Practices
- Exploitability Assessment
- AI Safety
How to Get Hired at Alignerr
- Tailor your resume: Highlight your 2+ years of application security experience and familiarity with OWASP Top 10.
- Showcase your skills: Emphasize your ability to analyze vulnerabilities, threat models, and remediation trade-offs.
- Demonstrate communication: Provide examples of explaining complex security concepts clearly and precisely.
- Highlight relevant experience: Mention any penetration testing, bug bounty, or AI/data labeling work.
- Express motivation: Convey your self-starter attitude and interest in AI safety.
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