# AI Security Research & Red Team Engineer

**Company**: Cloudflare
**Location**: Hybrid
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $166,000 - $208,000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a highly skilled AI Security Research & Red team engineer to join our Red Team within the Security Threat Detection, Response and Emulation organization.

This is a critical role that will be at the forefront of protecting our company and customers from malicious threats.

Key Responsibilities:

- Perform deep-dive research to identify AI-specific vulnerabilities and risks across Cloudflare's products and services.

- Conduct rigorous testing of agentic implementations and LLM usage to define requirements and implementation guidance.

- Execute full-chain red team operations targeting Cloudflare's global infrastructure, corporate networks, and product ecosystems.

- Establish a framework for testing Security Efficacy, measuring detections against known TTPs.

- Foster a collaborative relationship with the Blue Team to ensure findings are translated into defensive improvements.

- Provide technical leadership, fostering a culture of curiosity and ethical hacking.

- Translate complex technical exploits into risk-based narratives for leadership.

Partnerships:

- Act as a sparring partner for the Security Incident Response Team (SIRT).

- Partner with Threat Detection & Threat Engineering to bridge the gap between adversary simulation and defensive coverage.

- Collaborate with Product Engineering/SRE to drive resilience in processes and implementations.

- Bridge the gap between paper security and technical reality with Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC).

Required Qualifications:

- 4+ years in offensive security, application security, or a relevant field.

- Deep knowledge of AI, coding agents, LLMs, prompt engineering, and AI-related attack vectors.

- Strong background in manual penetration testing, exploit development, or cloud security.

- Experience using the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

- Excellent communication skills.

- Familiarity with automated breach and attack simulation tools and custom-built frameworks.

## Skills

### Required
- AI Security
- Red Team Operations
- Adversary Simulation
- Security Efficacy Testing
- Purple Teaming
- MITRE ATT&CK framework
- Automated breach and attack simulation tools

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