GenAI Security - Principal Security Research Engineer

Elastic · Security - Protections

Location: United States
Workplace: Unspecified
Level: Staff+
Type: Unspecified
Pay: $160K–$253K/yr (estimated from posting text)
Posted: 3 months ago
Source: Greenhouse

What the posting covers

About the company

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings…

What is The Role

As a Principal Security Research Engineer on the Threat Research and Detection Engineering (TRaDE) team, you'll play a key role in shaping the detection capabilities of Elastic Security. You'll work hands-on with detection engineering and threat research,…

What You Will Be Doing

Design and carry out security tests for GenAI applications, agentic systems, and LLM-backed products. These tests will check for various attack types. They include prompt injection, indirect injection, retrieval poisoning, tool misuse, sensitive data…

What You Bring

You should have experience working with endpoint data and understand detection engineering GenAI pitfalls working with existing telemetry You should have hands-on experience using LLM tools for security testing, research, or daily tasks. You need to…

What You Bring

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component. The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the…

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if…

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