AI Security Researcher

About the role

As AI Security Researcher you map the evolving AI threat landscape and turn findings into detection logic, policy recommendations, and product intelligence for the Qadar AI Shield suite. Qadar AI is in the company-building stage. Your research doesn't disappear into a backlog: it becomes detection rules, policy templates, and the category authority that makes the company credible with buyers, auditors, and the market.

What you'll own

• Research and classify AI-specific attack vectors, data leakage patterns, and shadow AI behaviors across enterprise workflows
• Translate threat research into actionable detection rules, policy templates, and enforcement logic for the Shield suite
• Publish internal and external research that builds Qadar AI's credibility as a category authority on AI security
• Keep the product honest: what the threat landscape actually does beats what vendors claim it does
• Work directly with platform engineering so findings land in the product within days, not quarters

What you bring

• Security research or threat intelligence background — and want to focus on the AI-specific frontier
• Care about turning research into product value, not just papers
• Can classify messy real-world behavior into clear, enforceable categories
• Write precisely: detection logic, policy language, and public research all demand it
• Comfortable being the person the team asks when nobody else knows the answer yet

What we offer

• Work where you create leverage: Every role is remote-first with optional onsite collaboration in Dubai DIFC — plus focused in-person team weeks for planning, customer work, and product decisions
• Direct founder access: You work with the founder office on strategy, tradeoffs, and speed. There are no layers between your work and the decisions that shape the company
• Real ownership: Lead roles here are not coordination jobs. You own outcomes, shape the roadmap, and influence how the company is built
• Top-tier equipment and AI tools budget: We fund the setup you need for serious work and expect the team to use the best tools available — understanding the category from the inside is part of the job
• Flexible travel support: We make room for customer visits, pilot support, and team sessions whenever they create real momentum
• A global operating posture: Qadar AI is built for teams working across markets, regulators, and time zones — with Dubai DIFC bridging Europe, Africa, and Asia-Pacific