AI / Emerging Tech Security Analyst (Remote Contract)

About the role

Join Alignerr as an AI / Emerging Tech Security Analyst and help shape the safety of cutting‑edge artificial intelligence systems. This fully remote, flexible contract position lets you apply your security expertise to stress‑test frontier AI models and protect them from misuse.

Key responsibilities

• Analyze AI and large language model (LLM) security scenarios, focusing on adversarial, edge‑case, and unexpected conditions.
• Review and evaluate prompt‑injection attacks, data‑leakage risks, model‑abuse patterns, and system‑misuse cases.
• Classify security issues by real‑world impact and likelihood, and recommend appropriate mitigations.
• Help improve AI system behavior to ensure safety, reliability, and alignment with security best practices.
• Complete task‑based assignments independently on your own schedule.

Required profile

• Background in cybersecurity, application security, or a related field with strong interest in AI systems.
• Familiarity with modern security threat modeling and its application to emerging AI technologies.
• Analytical and precise mindset, capable of reasoning about complex systems and failure modes.
• Curiosity about how large language models work, where they can fail, and how to keep them safe.
• Comfortable working independently and communicating findings clearly in writing.

Required skills

• Penetration testing
• Red teaming
• Adversarial security research
• AI/ML systems knowledge
• Large language model (LLM) expertise
• Prompt engineering
• Threat modeling frameworks
• Security risk classification

What we offer

• Fully remote and flexible work schedule.
• Freelance autonomy with structured, task‑based assignments.
• Opportunity to impact the safety of AI systems used by millions.
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extensions as new projects launch.