Job Title: Research Engineer (multiple positions)

Company Name: depthfirst

Job Details: RemoteFull,Time

Job Url: https://hiring.cafe/viewjob/kuyqh1khf2er4of5

Job Description: Posted 5mo agoResearch Engineer (multiple positions)@ depthfirstView All JobsWebsiteSan Francisco, California, United StatesRemoteFull TimeResponsibilities:Build AI pipelines, Design evaluation benchmarks, Develop training environmentsRequirements Summary:3+ years AI research engineering in ML/DL/NLP; experience deploying models at scale; Python and PyTorch; BS in CS/Software Eng or equivalent.Technical Tools Mentioned:Python, PyTorch
About DepthFirst AIWe believe that software is the foundation of modern civilization - yet vulnerabilities threaten its integrity, security, and resilience. We are on a mission to solve security.DepthFirst is building intelligence to detect and remediate critical software vulnerabilities. We are training and scaling security AI agents to discover zero-days vulnerabilities, from large customer codebases to popular open source software.Our founding team includes expertise in security and LLMs (with technical leaders from DeepMind, Databricks, Square, and Faire). We are looking for strong technical people who are interested in working at the intersection of AI, Security and Infrastructure.About this role:We’re seeking an experienced Research Engineer to join our effort in building and training AI agents for vulnerability discovery and exploitation.We are building a technology capable of finding the next Log4J at scale, finding and remediating vulnerabilities in customer and open source codebases.We are looking for strong engineers with strong intuition, experience in model evaluation and benchmarks. Reinforcement Learning experience is a plus. Your work will play a crucial role in building a product that aims to redefine how companies do security.You’re excited about this role because you will…Build State-of-the-Art AI Agentic pipelines optimized for discovering intricate software vulnerabilities and generate exploitsDesign, Maintain and Evolve evaluation benchmarks for AI agents that reflects the problems our users faceDesign & Develop training procedures and reinforcement learning environments to train security coding agentsWork on a Product that Solves a Critical Problem - and we already have a handful of customers who have found it valuable in fixing some eye-opening vulnerabilities within the first few days of using our product.Qualifications3+ years of full-time experience in AI research engineering in machine learning, deep learning, and/or natural language processingExperience with developing machine learning models at scale from inception to business impactProgramming experience in Python and hands-on experience with frameworks such as PyTorchA bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering or equivalent industry experienceA love for technology, and an insatiable curiosity for new tools to tackle real problemsCapable of solving complex problems with simple solutions. Building reliable and scalable products, making right trade-offs along the wayA tendency to leave things in a better way than you found itWhat We OfferCompetitive Salary with generous equityHealth and Dental InsuranceOffice lunch (when working from our San Francisco office)