AI Security Research & Red Team Engineer

Cloudflare, Inc

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$166,000–$208,000 / yr
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32 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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This role $187k
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Cloudflare is a prominent cloud services and security company that provides content delivery network (CDN), DDoS mitigation, and Zero Trust security services to millions of internet properties.

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TL;DR · AI Security Research & Red Team Engineer

AI Security Research & Red Team Engineer joins the Red Team within the Security Threat Detection, Response and Emulation organization to protect company infrastructure and products from malicious threats. The role involves conducting deep-dive research into AI-specific vulnerabilities, performing agentic testing of LLM implementations, and executing full-chain red team operations against global networks. Key responsibilities include adversary simulation, efficacy testing for WAF, EDR, and SIEM detections, and purple teaming with the Blue Team to improve defensive posture. The candidate will utilize skills in prompt engineering, jailbreaking, exploit development, and cloud security across AWS and GCP environments. They must be proficient with the MITRE ATT&CK framework and automated breach and attack simulation tools. This role addresses the specific challenge of securing AI-native systems and identifying risks within agentic workflows and large language model integrations.

What you'll do

  • Conduct deep-dive research to identify AI-specific vulnerabilities and risks across Cloudflare products and services.
  • Perform rigorous testing of agentic implementations and LLM usage to define security requirements and guidance.
  • Execute full-chain red team operations targeting global infrastructure, corporate networks, and product ecosystems.
  • Establish a framework to measure the efficacy of WAF, EDR, and SIEM detections against known TTPs.
  • Collaborate with the Blue Team to translate red team findings into immediate defensive improvements.
  • Act as a sparring partner for the Incident Response team by conducting unannounced exercises to test playbooks.
  • Identify detection gaps and lead the development of new detection logic in partnership with Threat Engineering.
  • Translate complex technical exploits into risk-based narratives for leadership to prioritize engineering resources.

What we're looking for

  • 4+ years of experience in offensive security, application security, or a related field.
  • Deep knowledge of AI, coding agents, LLMs, prompt engineering, and AI-related attack vectors like jailbreaking.
  • Strong background in manual penetration testing, exploit development, or cloud security across AWS, GCP, and bare metal.
  • Experience using the MITRE ATT&CK framework to map coverage and identify defensive blind spots.
  • Proficiency with automated breach and attack simulation (BAS) tools and custom frameworks for payload delivery and C2 infrastructure.
  • Ability to communicate complex technical exploits to both non-technical stakeholders and engineering teams.
  • Authorization to receive software or technology controlled under U.S. export control laws, including Export Administration Regulations.

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