Break AI and agentic systems and translate that research into automated, repeatable attack modules for NodeZero.
Design and execute prompt injection and defense evasion attacks, focusing on generalized, reusable patterns.
Conduct tool-use exploitation, abusing LLM agents’ access to code, file systems, APIs, and databases for attacker-realistic outcomes (e.g., context poisoning, RCE, data exfiltration, privilege escalation).
Target AI infrastructure (model serving, training pipelines, vector databases, GPU/MLOps tooling) with an understanding of real-world enterprise deployments and misconfigurations.
Research and apply model and supply chain attacks (poisoning, training data extraction, adversarial inputs, deployment pipeline abuse).
Perform threat modeling for agentic systems, mapping trust boundaries and attack surfaces and turning them into concrete attack paths.
Apply a strong productization mindset, turning manual techniques into safe, reliable, and scalable automated tooling.
Build and extend LLM-powered applications (prompting, structured output, agentic workflows).
Design with production concerns in mind: cost, safety and hallucination guardrails, reliability, and observability.
Design and extend microservices that orchestrate LLM tasks and integrate with NodeZero and related offensive workflows.

Expert-level Python and software engineering skills
Solid penetration testing fundamentals and understanding of common attack chains
Familiarity with AI/LLM security frameworks (e.g., OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, MITRE ATLAS)
Experience in a security product or offensive security team, ideally with shipped offensive capabilities or tooling
Proven ability to break AI/LLM and agentic systems
Clear understanding of trust boundaries around AI tools, data sources, and permissions, and how to systematically test and exploit them
Expert-level ownership – drives high-complexity, high-risk programs and sets strategy, not just execution
Self-motivated – identifies problems and builds solutions proactively
Industry obsessed – tracks the fast-moving AI security landscape and can speak to recent developments, new attacks, and where the field is heading.

Staff Attack Engineer, AI/LLM

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