Red Team Engineer

Summary

Gray Swan is on a mission to empower the world to use AI safely and securely. They are seeking a Red Team Engineer who will design attack scenarios and find vulnerabilities in frontier AI systems while delivering high-quality results in red teaming engagements.

Responsibilities

• Design new challenges and adversarial scenarios for ongoing and upcoming Arena competitions
• Work red teaming engagements with external clients, covering areas like prompt injection, tool use, and agent exploitation
• Use Slack, Linear, our Arena design editor, and AI tools to deliver red-teaming results on time and with high quality
• Build internal tools and processes for the Arena (e.g., cheating detection) and support operational tasks like break verification and prize distribution
• Work alongside Product and Engineering teams to create realistic scenarios that highlight attack surfaces in frontier systems
• Help shape the future of Gray Swan Arena with novel ideas and challenge types

Skills

• 1+ years of experience in AI red teaming, adversarial ML, or related security research
• Organized and comfortable working independently across multiple concurrent engagements
• Proven ability to convey technical ideas in accessible reports
• Comfortable with quick pivots and changing priorities
• Experience as a Gray Swan Arena competitor is a plus
• Experience with AI red teaming beyond LLM prompt injection
• Degree or experience equivalent in Computer Science or related field
• Familiarity with multimodal attack surfaces
• Coding experience for automating or scaling test cases

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 1+ years of experience in AI red teaming, adversarial ML, or related security research
• Organized and comfortable working independently across multiple concurrent engagements
• Proven ability to convey technical ideas in accessible reports
• Comfortable with quick pivots and changing priorities

Nice to Haves

• Experience as a Gray Swan Arena competitor is a plus
• Experience with AI red teaming beyond LLM prompt injection
• Degree or experience equivalent in Computer Science or related field
• Familiarity with multimodal attack surfaces
• Coding experience for automating or scaling test cases

Benefits

• Visa sponsorship available for exceptional candidates
• 401k with up to 4% matching
• 28 days annual leave (vacation + holidays)
• Health, dental, and vision coverage
• Catered lunches (Pittsburgh office)
• Flexible work arrangements