Application Security Engineer - AI Trainer

DataAnnotation is hiring an Application Security Engineer - AI Trainer to help train AI models for cybersecurity. This fully remote contract role lets you work on security-focused AI training tasks using your own computer, with a flexible schedule and hourly pay.

What you’ll do

• Review and evaluate AI-generated cybersecurity content, including threat analysis, vulnerability assessments, and offensive security techniques, to confirm real-world accuracy and validity.
• Design and solve security-focused technical problems that are used to train AI systems.
• Produce clear technical explanations and security-relevant code to support model training.
• Provide feedback that directly influences the next generation of AI security models.

What you bring

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in a cybersecurity role, such as penetration testing, red teaming, incident response, detection engineering, DFIR, malware analysis, threat intelligence, or adjacent work, including government or military cyber operations.
• Some coding experience and comfort navigating and patching a codebase.
• English fluency (native or bilingual level) with strong writing skills.
• A bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• Certifications are a plus, such as OSCP, CRTO, GREM, GCFA, CEH, and similar credentials.

Contract benefits

• Fully remote: work from anywhere in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
• Flexible schedule: choose which projects you take on and when you work.
• Hourly pay: projects are paid $50 to $100 USD per hour.
• Higher bonus rates: available for certain projects.
• Impact: help shape AI technologies built for cybersecurity.

Payment and eligibility notes

• Payment is made via PayPal.
• DataAnnotation will never ask for any money from you.
• This job is only available to candidates located in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.