OpenAI
Offensive Security Engineer, Agent Security
OpenAI is looking for an Offensive Security Engineer to challenge and strengthen our security posture. This is a principal-level role focusing on agent‑powered products.
About the Team Security is at the foundation of OpenAI’s mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Security team protects technology, people, and products. We are technical and operational, supporting all products and research.
About the Role We're seeking an exceptional Principal‑level Offensive Security Engineer to engage broadly and deeply, craft innovative attack simulations, collaborate closely with defensive teams, and influence strategic security improvements across the organization.
In This Role You Will
Continuously hunt for vulnerabilities in the interactions between applications, infrastructure, and models that power our agentic products.
Conduct open‑scope red and purple team operations, simulating realistic attack scenarios.
Collaborate proactively with defensive security teams to enhance detection, response, and mitigation capabilities.
Perform comprehensive penetration testing on our diverse suite of products.
Leverage advanced automation and OpenAI technologies to optimize your offensive security work.
Present insightful, actionable findings clearly and compellingly to inspire impactful change.
Influence security strategy by providing attacker‑driven insights into risk and threat modeling.
You Might Thrive In This Role If You Have
7+ years of hands‑on red team experience or exceptional accomplishments demonstrating equivalent expertise.
Deep expertise conducting offensive security operations within modern technology companies.
Experience designing, developing, or assessing the security of AI‑powered systems.
Experience working with prompt injection, leaking sensitive data, confused deputies, and dynamically generated UI components.
Exceptional skill in code review, identifying novel and subtle vulnerabilities.
Proven experience performing offensive security assessments in at least one hyperscaler cloud environment (Azure preferred).
Demonstrated mastery assessing complex technology stacks, including highly customized Kubernetes clusters, container environments, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub security, macOS and Linux OS, data science tooling, Python‑based web services, and React‑based front‑end applications.
Strong intuitive understanding of trust boundaries and risk assessment in dynamic contexts.
Excellent coding skills, capable of writing robust tools and automation for offensive operations.
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively through compelling storytelling.
Proven track record of finding vulnerabilities and actively contributing to solutions in complex codebases.
Bonus Points
Background or expertise in AI or data science.
Prior experience working in tech startups or fast‑paced technology environments.
Experience in related disciplines such as Software Engineering, Detection Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Security Engineering, or IT Infrastructure.
About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general‑purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products.
We are an equal‑opportunity employer and commit to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.
EEO statement: We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics. For additional information, please see OpenAI’s affirmative action and equal employment opportunity policy statement.
Job Details
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Information Technology
Industries: Research Services
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About the Team Security is at the foundation of OpenAI’s mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Security team protects technology, people, and products. We are technical and operational, supporting all products and research.
About the Role We're seeking an exceptional Principal‑level Offensive Security Engineer to engage broadly and deeply, craft innovative attack simulations, collaborate closely with defensive teams, and influence strategic security improvements across the organization.
In This Role You Will
Continuously hunt for vulnerabilities in the interactions between applications, infrastructure, and models that power our agentic products.
Conduct open‑scope red and purple team operations, simulating realistic attack scenarios.
Collaborate proactively with defensive security teams to enhance detection, response, and mitigation capabilities.
Perform comprehensive penetration testing on our diverse suite of products.
Leverage advanced automation and OpenAI technologies to optimize your offensive security work.
Present insightful, actionable findings clearly and compellingly to inspire impactful change.
Influence security strategy by providing attacker‑driven insights into risk and threat modeling.
You Might Thrive In This Role If You Have
7+ years of hands‑on red team experience or exceptional accomplishments demonstrating equivalent expertise.
Deep expertise conducting offensive security operations within modern technology companies.
Experience designing, developing, or assessing the security of AI‑powered systems.
Experience working with prompt injection, leaking sensitive data, confused deputies, and dynamically generated UI components.
Exceptional skill in code review, identifying novel and subtle vulnerabilities.
Proven experience performing offensive security assessments in at least one hyperscaler cloud environment (Azure preferred).
Demonstrated mastery assessing complex technology stacks, including highly customized Kubernetes clusters, container environments, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub security, macOS and Linux OS, data science tooling, Python‑based web services, and React‑based front‑end applications.
Strong intuitive understanding of trust boundaries and risk assessment in dynamic contexts.
Excellent coding skills, capable of writing robust tools and automation for offensive operations.
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively through compelling storytelling.
Proven track record of finding vulnerabilities and actively contributing to solutions in complex codebases.
Bonus Points
Background or expertise in AI or data science.
Prior experience working in tech startups or fast‑paced technology environments.
Experience in related disciplines such as Software Engineering, Detection Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Security Engineering, or IT Infrastructure.
About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general‑purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products.
We are an equal‑opportunity employer and commit to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.
EEO statement: We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics. For additional information, please see OpenAI’s affirmative action and equal employment opportunity policy statement.
Job Details
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Information Technology
Industries: Research Services
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