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# Security Engineer

- **Company:** Handshake
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Training Data, Artificial Intelligence, Software System Penetration Testing, Burp Suite, Nmap, Red Team (Cyber Security), Wireshark, Malware, Cyber Threat Analysis, Metasploit, Cybercrime, Nessus
- **Published:** June 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=9a776c369e01bdf0

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Research?, At least 3 years of professional experience in security engineering or offensive security, in roles such as:

 * Security Engineer, Penetration Tester, or Red Team Engineer
 * Malware Analyst, Threat Hunter, or Threat Intelligence Analyst
 * Offensive Security Engineer, Vulnerability Researcher, or Security Consultant

Hands-on experience with one or more of the following: Burp Suite, Nmap, Wireshark, Metasploit Framework, BloodHound, Impacket, Nessus, or Hashcat

## Description

Handshake is looking for experienced security engineering and offensive security professionals to support AI research through flexible, part-time contract work. This is not a traditional job - you'll draw on your hands-on expertise in penetration testing, threat hunting, malware analysis, and red team operations to evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback that helps AI better understand real-world security workflows and attack techniques.
This is an ongoing, project-based opportunity you can take on alongside your current work.

Program Details

This project involves using your professional experience and hands-on knowledge of the tools you use in your daily work to create expert-level training data and evaluate AI-generated responses for accuracy and relevance. No prior AI experience required.

Fully remote with a flexible, asynchronous schedule and no minimum hour requirement; most contributors work approximately 5-20 hours per week when participating in an active project.

Placement depends on current project needs, with opportunities to be considered for future projects as they become available.


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