Bugcrowd

Reinforcement Learning Engineer (Cybersecurity)

Remote - US

Sponsorship not specified$176k-$243kDetected 7 days ago

PythonGitDockerGitHub ActionsLinuxDevOpsMachine LearningLLMsSystems EngineeringResearchAdaptability

About the role

As a Reinforcement Learning Engineer you will advance the frontier of AI Reinforcement Learning development and delivery.
The ideal candidate is a strong systems engineer who understands:

Instead of building a single application, you will build the infrastructure that generates thousands of environments used to train frontier AI systems.
You will design pipelines that ingest software projects, analyze them with Bugcrowd's Mayhem platform, and automatically construct training environments used by frontier AI labs including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Cohere.
At Bugcrowd, we strive for fairness, equality and to create an environment that allows our people to perform at their very best.
We regularly hear from both customers and researchers that Bugcrowd feels like a family, and we strive to maintain that internally as well.
This position has access to highly confidential, sensitive information relating to the technologies of Bugcrowd. It is essential that the applicant possess the requisite integrity to maintain the information in the strictest confidence.
It is essential that the applicant possess the requisite integrity to maintain the information in the strictest confidence.

The ideal candidate must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time
Applicants with conviction histories will not be excluded from consideration to the extent required by law.

System security background in binary exploitation, such as buffer overflows, fuzzing, exploitation, and x86/64.
Experience with DevOps pipelines (e.g., github actions), reproducible builds (docker, buildkit, nix).
Proficiency in Python and C.
Other languages (especially Rust) are a plus.
Understanding of software vulnerabilities, fuzzing, or program analysis
Experience with build systems and large open-source codebases
Comfort working with Linux systems and low-level debugging
Experience working with benchmark environments (CTFs, SWE-bench, security challenges, etc.) is a plus

Unleash the ingenuity of the hacker community with Bugcrowd, visit www.bugcrowd.com.
Based in San Francisco and New Hampshire, Bugcrowd is supported by General Catalyst, Rally Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, and others.
Your work will directly influence the capabilities of the next generation of AI models.

Our compensation philosophy is to foster a collaborative community that rewards, attracts and retains the best possible talent.
The provided salary details are based on US national averages and we retain the flexibility to tailor to the needs of the business.
The national estimate for the current base range for the position of $176,400 - $242,550.

You will build the infrastructure and tooling that transforms real-world vulnerability research into large-scale reinforcement learning environments used to train next-generation AI systems.
Background checks may include Social Security verification, prior employment verification, personal and professional references, educational verification, and criminal history.

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At Bugcrowd, we are solving security threats and vulnerabilities that are relevant to everyone, therefore we believe solving these problems takes all kinds of backgrounds.
We value the perspectives and experiences people from underrepresented backgrounds bring.
This position has access to highly confidential, sensitive information relating to the technologies of Bugcrowd.
The company is authorized to obtain background checks for employment purposes under state and federal law.
Background checks will be conducted for positions that involve access to confidential or proprietary information (including trade secrets).
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Bugcrowd is EOE, Disability/Age Employer.
Individuals seeking employment at Bugcrowd are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
Bugcrowd is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.
In keeping with our commitment, Bugcrowd will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations.

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