Job Description
About the job Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey . Position: Cybersecurity Engineer - Blue Team Type: Contract Compensation: $85–$140/hour Location: Remote Role Responsibilities Design and build benchmark tasks grounded in real SOC and detection engineering work. Construct realistic evaluation environments, including multi-host networks, Active Directory , and cloud control planes. Define what "correct" looks like for blue-team AI reasoning and build infrastructure to measure it reproducibly at scale. Translate blue-team workflow experience into rigorous evaluation design. Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance . Qualifications Must-Have Hands-on blue-team experience in detection engineering, threat hunting, incident response, or malware analysis. Strong scripting and cloud/enterprise environment skills. Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete) Upload resume AI interview based on your resume Submit form Resources & Support For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs. mercor .com/welcome For any help or support, reach out to: support@ mercor .com PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity. Originally posted on Himalayas
