OpenAI · 6 hours ago
Offensive Security Engineer, Agent Security
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$364K/yr - $490K/yr
7+ years expOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. They are seeking a Principal-level Offensive Security Engineer to enhance OpenAI's security posture through innovative attack simulations and collaboration with defensive teams, focusing on securing agent-powered products.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Continuously hunt for vulnerabilities in the interactions between the applications, infrastructure, and models that power our agentic products
Conduct open-scope red and purple team operations, simulating realistic attack scenarios
Collaborate proactively with defensive security teams to enhance detection, response, and mitigation capabilities
Perform comprehensive penetration testing on our diverse suite of products
Leverage advanced automation and OpenAI technologies to optimize your offensive security work
Present insightful, actionable findings clearly and compellingly to inspire impactful change
Influence security strategy by providing attacker-driven insights into risk and threat modeling
Qualification
Required
7+ years of hands-on red team experience or exceptional accomplishments demonstrating equivalent expertise
Deep expertise conducting offensive security operations within modern technology companies
Experience designing, developing, or testing assessing the security of AI-powered systems
Experience working finding, exploiting and mitigating common vulnerabilities in AI systems like prompt injection, leaking sensitive data, confused deputies, and dynamically generated UI components
Exceptional skill in code review, identifying novel and subtle vulnerabilities
Proven experience performing offensive security assessments in at least one hyperscaler cloud environment (Azure preferred)
Demonstrated mastery assessing complex technology stacks, including: Highly customized Kubernetes clusters, Container environments, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub security, macOS and Linux operating systems, Data science tooling and environments, Python-based web services, React-based frontend applications
Strong intuitive understanding of trust boundaries and risk assessment in dynamic contexts
Excellent coding skills, capable of writing robust tools and automation for offensive operations
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively through compelling storytelling
Proven track record of not just finding vulnerabilities but actively contributing to solutions in complex codebases
Preferred
Background or expertise in AI or data science
Prior experience working in tech startups or fast-paced technology environments
Experience in related disciplines such as Software Engineering (SWE), Detection Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Security Engineering, or IT Infrastructure
Company
OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT. It is a sub-organization of OpenAI Foundation.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$79BKey Investors
The Walt Disney CompanySoftBankThrive Capital
2025-12-11Corporate Round· $1B
2025-10-02Secondary Market· $6.6B
2025-03-31Series Unknown· $40B
Leadership Team
Sam Altman
CEO & Co-Founder
Greg Brockman
President, Chairman, & Co-Founder
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