Perplexity AI
Member of Technical Staff (Offensive Security Engineer)
San Francisco · Staff+
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 111 days ago
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About the role
- Perplexity is seeking a highly skilled, experienced and hands-on Offensive Security Engineer to join our dynamic security team, taking an adversarial approach to hardening Perplexity's infrastructure, applications, and AI systems.
Responsibilities
- Perform open-scope adversary simulations that test detection and response capabilities end to end, collaborating closely with the defensive security team
- Drive threat modeling sessions with engineering teams to identify and prioritize attack vectors in new features and architectures
- Deliver clear, actionable findings to both technical and executive audiences
- partner with engineering to validate remediations
- Deliver clear, actionable findings to both technical and executive audiences; partner with engineering to validate remediations
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in offensive security, red teaming, or penetration testing
- Experience with industry-standard offensive tools (Burp Suite, Cobalt Strike / Sliver / Mythic, Metasploit, BloodHound, nuclei, etc.) and ability to operate beyond them
- Experience assessing AI/ML systems, LLM applications, or agentic workflows for security vulnerabilities
Nice to have
- Published security research, conference talks (DEF CON, Black Hat, BSides), CVE credits, or meaningful bug bounty contributions
Benefits
- Develop and maintain custom offensive tooling, exploits, and automation to improve the efficiency and coverage of security testing
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