Application Security Analyst

About the role

We're partnering with leading AI research labs to train frontier AI models to think like experienced security professionals. Your hands-on expertise in application security will directly shape how AI systems assess, prioritize, and reason about software vulnerabilities. This is a fully remote, flexible contract opportunity where your security knowledge becomes the foundation for the next generation of AI.

Organization: Alignerr
Type: Hourly Contract
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10–40 hours/week

Responsibilities

• Analyze realistic application security scenarios spanning code, APIs, and live system behavior
• Classify and evaluate vulnerabilities including authentication flaws, injection risks, and business logic issues
• Assess secure coding practices and evaluate remediation strategies for real-world applicability
• Build and validate security-focused reasoning datasets that teach AI to accurately assess and prioritize application risk
• Distinguish genuine exploitability from theoretical risk — and explain your reasoning clearly

Requirements

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in application, product, or software security
• Solid familiarity with the OWASP Top 10 and common production vulnerabilities
• Able to think critically about real-world exploitability — not just textbook risk
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to structure technical reasoning clearly
• Self-motivated and comfortable working independently and asynchronously

Nice to Have

• Experience with penetration testing, bug bounty programs, or secure code review
• Background in API security, cloud-native application security, or DevSecOps
• Familiarity with threat modeling frameworks or risk scoring methodologies

Benefits

• Work directly on frontier AI systems alongside top research labs
• Fully remote and asynchronous — work on your own schedule
• Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and global collaboration
• Apply your security expertise to a genuinely new and meaningful challenge
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension