Senior Research Staff, Adversarial Intelligence

Horizon3Cybersecurity

US, RemoteFull-TimeSenior

SalaryBase salary range: $174,191 - $249,230 annually. All full-time roles are eligible for an equity package in the form of stock options.

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Strong foundations in computer science, including algorithms, systems, software, and data.
Substantial technical depth in systems security, machine learning, or a closely related area.
Ability to independently identify, structure, and solve complex technical problems.
Experience conducting research or advanced technical investigation involving careful experimentation and analysis.
Strong programming and software engineering skills for translating research ideas into working systems and prototypes.
Ability to design rigorous experiments and evaluation methodologies, analyze results critically, and assess whether evidence supports conclusions.
Ability to critically evaluate technical literature and develop expertise in unfamiliar research areas.
Strong technical judgment in reasoning about tradeoffs, assumptions, failure modes, risks, and unintended consequences.
Ability to provide constructive technical guidance and mentorship to junior researchers.
Ability to work independently and collaborate with researchers, engineers, product teams, and other technical stakeholders.
Strong written and verbal communication skills for explaining complex technical ideas.
A degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent technical experience.

Identify and drive research problems at the intersection of AI, cybersecurity, and computer systems.
Translate technical challenges from products, security environments, and the research agenda into research questions.
Develop research directions, technical hypotheses, and experimental plans independently.
Design and lead rigorous experiments in controlled and representative environments.
Build research prototypes and technical systems, or provide technical direction for implementation and evaluation.
Study and evaluate AI techniques, including large language models, agentic systems, reasoning methods, learning algorithms, planning, and search.
Develop evaluation methodologies for proposed approaches in realistic security settings.
Work with attack engineers, security engineers, product teams, and other technical groups to understand constraints and evaluate results.
Mentor junior Research Staff Members and interns, and provide technical guidance to Lab projects.
Communicate findings through technical reports, presentations, prototypes, and, when appropriate, publications or other external research outputs.

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