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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 qualified 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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