Role overview

Qualifications

2+ years of professional security engineering experience
Experience with application security, cloud security, infrastructure security, or vulnerability management
Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, or Gemini CLI
Ability to identify flaws in model-generated code and architectures

Responsibilities

Use frontier AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex security engineering tasks
Review model-generated code and architectures for vulnerabilities and security risks
Identify bugs, edge cases, and security-related failure modes
Compare outputs from multiple frontier models to assess strengths and weaknesses

Key facts

Remote from: Illinois (USA)
Part time
Security Engineer
English

Hard skills

Security Engineering Application Security Vulnerability Management Flaw Detection Industrial Security

Other skills

Ability To Meet Deadlines

About the company

Mercor

Company details

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Job description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Security Engineer (Coding Agent Experience)
Type: Contract
Compensation: $85/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

Use frontier AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex security engineering tasks.
Review model-generated code and architectures for vulnerabilities and security risks.
Identify bugs, edge cases, and security-related failure modes.
Compare outputs from multiple frontier models to assess strengths and weaknesses.
Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic security engineering scenarios.
Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Qualifications

Must-Have

2+ years of professional security engineering experience.
Experience with application security, cloud security, infrastructure security, or vulnerability management.
Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, or Gemini CLI.
Ability to identify flaws in model-generated code and architectures.

Preferred

Experience securing production systems.

Compensation & Legal

$400 per accepted task.
Compensation is tied to accepted work.

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