Red Team Engineer – Offensive Security Lead

Authentic8

Red Team Engineer leading the development of AI-augmented red teaming tools at Authentic8. Engaging in vulnerability discovery and security stage-gate oversight in CI/CD efforts.

Posted 7/9/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $150,000 - $175,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecurityDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformLinuxPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and operate an AI-augmented red teaming harness using frontier LLM APIs.
Implement a control loop architecture (Plan | Act | Observe | Adjust) for autonomous and semi-autonomous vulnerability discovery.
Integrate the harness with purpose-built SBOM tooling (Endor Labs), CVE monitoring feeds (NVD, OSV.dev, EPSS/KEV, GitHub Advisory Database, and vendor-specific bulletins), and our CI/CD pipeline (Snyk, SonarQube).
Conduct adversarial testing across four attack perspectives: (Internal source code, External unauthenticated adversary, Internal authenticated user, and Internal unprivileged adversary)
Chain findings identify exploitable paths and corresponding vulnerabilities.
Validate and prioritize findings using CVSS, EPSS, and KEV context before handing off to the patch management pipeline.
Support the development and day-to-day operation of Authentic8's internal Bug Bounty Program.
Collaborate with engineering on custom mitigation decisions when vendor patches are unavailable.
Assume ownership of security stage-gates within our CI/CD pipeline, integrating Snyk, SonarQube, and harness findings into the build process.
Work alongside the SOC Lead on CVE monitoring, alerting, and vulnerability prioritization workflows.
Partner with DevSecOps Engineers on harness architecture and pipeline integration.
Provide technical input to the Integrated Operations Center on detection use case design for our SIEM.
Regularly brief the VP of Information Security on findings, program health, and checkpoint criteria.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years in cybersecurity, penetration testing, or red team operations
Demonstrated experience building tools: scripting exploits, automating workflows, or constructing test harnesses (Python and/or Go strongly preferred)
Hands-on experience with LLM APIs in a security or agent context, including an understanding of tool use, control loops, and context management in agent architectures
Proficiency with static and dynamic analysis (SAST/DAST) and the ability to interpret and chain findings from automated tooling
Working knowledge of CVE and vulnerability data sources, including NVD, EPSS, KEV, OSV.dev, and the GitHub Advisory Database
Experience testing cloud-hosted SaaS platforms (GCP familiarity preferred)
Familiarity with container security (containered, Docker) and Linux-based infrastructure
Ability to work independently, manage your own scope, and deliver against defined milestones
Excellent documentation and communication skills
Must be US citizen

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
dental
vision
flexible PTO
a 401k program
stock options

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Hard Skills & Tools

Red Team OperationsScripting ExploitsAutomating WorkflowsStatic Analysis (SAST)Dynamic Analysis (DAST)Vulnerability Data InterpretationControl Loop ArchitectureCVE MonitoringCloud Security (GCP)Container Security

Soft Skills

Excellent DocumentationCommunication SkillsIndependent Work