Microsoft · 4 hours ago
AI Security and Safety Researcher
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$101K/yr - $199K/yr
1+ years expMicrosoft is committed to making the world a safer place through its Security organization. The role of AI Security and Safety Researcher involves proactively testing Microsoft’s AI systems for vulnerabilities and advising product teams on risk mitigation strategies.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Discover and exploit GenAI vulnerabilities end-to-end in order to assess the safety of systems
Manage product group stakeholders as priority recipients and collaborators for operational sprints
Drive clarity on communication and reporting for red teaming peers when working with product groups
Develop methodologies, techniques, and research on emerging frontier AI threats to scale and accelerate AI Red Teaming and AI Safety & Security across Microsoft
Work alongside traditional offensive security engineers, adversarial ML experts, developers to land responsible AI operations
Qualification
Required
Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection
OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 2+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection
OR equivalent experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
This position will be required to pass the Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Preferred
Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field
Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 3+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection
Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection
Related fields include Machine Learning, AI security, and AI safety and more
Related fields include: Chemistry, Biology, Nuclear Physics, AI Security, AI Safety, and Machine Learning
Company
Microsoft
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