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Security Researcher (Research Coding Tasks)

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Paid, remote contract work with AfterQuery, building and reviewing technical tasks that help test AI models in security.

Remote
Hiring companyAfterQuery Experts
Application process4.0 / 5Based on 1 review
Work experience3.5 / 5Based on 2 reviews

About the role

For PhD-level researchers and research engineers who publish and ship code.

Domain: Security (fuzzing, vulnerability detection, binary analysis, systems security and LLM agent security)

The work

Hands-on research coding in your own area, close to the work you already do. Each task is self-contained, and the project lead walks you through the full scope and a worked example once you're onboarded. Work is asynchronous, so you can fit it around your own research.

Application process

Candidates who meet the requirements and provide the requested materials will be prioritised for review. As part of this process we conduct thorough background checks. Please apply only if you meet these requirements.

Why apply

  • Hands-on research coding in your own field.
  • Fully remote, asynchronous and flexible.
  • $200 per approved task, about 4 hours each.

Responsibilities

  • Build technical research coding tasks in security.
  • Review and give feedback on AI model outputs in your area.
  • Work with the project lead to keep tasks at research quality.

Preferred skills

  • Comfortable with Docker and reproducible research environments.
  • Depth in fuzzing, vulnerability detection, binary analysis, systems security and LLM agent security.

Experience and education

Requirements

  • Experience: published research with released code in security.
  • Education: PhD in CS or a related field, completed or in progress.
  • Published research at venues such as USENIX Security, CCS, IEEE S&P or NDSS, or comparable.
  • Released research code (GitHub or artifact link).
  • PhD in computer science or a related field, completed or in progress.
  • Meets the experience and education bar described in Full Description.

Preferred qualifications

  • First-author publications in your area.

Schedule details

Work is asynchronous, so you can fit it around your own research.

Eligibility

Work arrangement: Fully remote

Compensation details

$50/hr.

$200 per approved task, about 4 hours each ($50/hr equivalent).

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