CareerPlan

Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL

USAFull-time$500k–$850k2026-11-09
HybridVisa sponsorship offered

Core

Design and implement reinforcement-learning environments for defensive AI capabilities.

Role type

Research Engineer (Cybersecurity RL)

Builds

Production training runs for defensive AI

Domain

Cybersecurity + Reinforcement Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

reinforcement learning, cybersecurity research, machine learning, software engineering, experimental design

Preferred skills

security engineering, fuzzing, detection and response, CTF competitions, cyber ranges, LLM training methodologies

Technologies

reinforcement learning environments

Responsibilities

Design and implement reinforcement-learning environments; Develop novel approaches and realize them in code; Conduct experiments and evaluations; Deliver research into production training runs; Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and cybersecurity specialists

Seniority

Mid-to-Senior, hands-on IC