Member of Technical Staff (Offensive Security Engineer)

Perplexity
San Francisco, United States, London, Serbia, New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 250,000 - 350,000 annuallyFunction: CybersecurityExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving"]

Hands-on offensive security specialist responsible for planning and executing red/purple team engagements, pentesting web/mobile/API surfaces, and AI/ML security assessments. You’ll develop custom tooling, drive remediation with engineering teams, and enhance CI/CD security and threat modeling across cloud, endpoints, and applications in a hybrid Secure team environment.

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Perplexity
Perplexity
5 months ago

Member of Technical Staff (Offensive Security Engineer)

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Job Summary

Hands-on offensive security specialist responsible for planning and executing red/purple team engagements, pentesting web/mobile/API surfaces, and AI/ML security assessments. You’ll develop custom tooling, drive remediation with engineering teams, and enhance CI/CD security and threat modeling across cloud, endpoints, and applications in a hybrid Secure team environment.
Location: San Francisco, United States, London, Serbia, New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity

Key Responsibilities

  • •Plan and execute red team and purple team engagements simulating advanced threat actors across cloud infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes), endpoints, and application surfaces
  • •Conduct continuous penetration testing of web applications, APIs, mobile clients, browser extensions, cloud infrastructure, and internal services
  • •Assess AI/ML-specific attack surfaces including prompt injection, model exfiltration, agent abuse, tool-use exploitation, and MCP security boundaries
  • •Develop and maintain custom offensive tooling, exploits, and automation to improve the efficiency and coverage of security testing
  • •Perform open-scope adversary simulations that test detection and response capabilities end to end, collaborating closely with the defensive security team

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 250,000 - 350,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of hands-on experience in offensive security, red teaming, or penetration testing.
  • •Deep technical expertise in at least two of: cloud security (AWS/GCP/Azure), web/API application security, Kubernetes and container security, macOS/Linux endpoint security, network penetration testing, or CI/CD pipeline security.
  • •Track record of discovering impactful vulnerabilities or developing novel attack techniques in production environments.
  • •Strong programming and scripting skills in Python, Go, or similar languages; comfortable writing custom tooling and exploits.
  • •Experience with industry-standard offensive tools (Burp Suite, Cobalt Strike / Sliver / Mythic, Metasploit, BloodHound, nuclei, etc.) and ability to operate beyond them.
Experience:5+ yearsCybersecurity
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solving
Tech Stack:AWSKubernetesPythonGoBurp SuiteCobalt StrikeSliverMythicMetasploitBloodHoundNucleiCI/CDMacOSLinux

Company Brief

Perplexity
Perplexity AI provides an AI-powered answer engine that returns conversational, citation-backed answers to user queries and offers Pro/Enterprise products and APIs for research, knowledge work, and search augmentation.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Revenue: USD 50M to 100M
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2022
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