Member of Technical Staff (Secure Intelligence Institute)

Posted

perplexitySan Franciscofull_timesenior

Tech Stack

Solid badges = required, outlined = preferred

Responsibilities

  • Develop threat models for emerging attack surfaces in AI-native products, including browser, search, and autonomous agents
  • Identify and analyze security and privacy threats across AI systems, infrastructure, and user-facing products
  • Develop novel defenses, mitigations, and detection mechanisms for security and privacy in AI-native products
  • Build security evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, and datasets to measure the effectiveness of defense mechanisms
  • Partner with Perplexity's Security Engineering team to translate research into shipped security features

Soft Skills

Systems SecurityWeb SecurityApplication SecurityProgram AnalysisSoftware SecurityWritten Communication

Culture

Fast-PacedCross-Functional TeamsImpact-Oriented

Requirements

Required: PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field with a focus on security or privacy
Regions: Us

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