Head of Engineering, Red Team

FAR.AI

. Build and scale the FAR.AI Red Team engineering organization, systems, tools, products, services, evaluations, and agents .

Posted 10/2/2026full-timeRemoteLead💰 $225,000 - $350,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and scaling red-teaming systems and teams, with a strong focus on software engineering, AI, and cybersecurity. Capable of translating technical findings into impactful solutions while managing high-tempo engagements and mentoring technical contributors.

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Software EngineeringPython ProgrammingRed-Teaming SystemsTechnical Team LeadershipAdversarial Machine Learning

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Hard Skills

AI DevelopmentLLM APIsLocal LLM FrameworksEvaluation FrameworksCloud InfrastructureCompute ClustersVulnerability AnalysisStatistical Analysis ToolsAgentic SystemsTechnical Strategy

Soft Skills

CommunicationMentoringProblem-SolvingCollaborationDrive for Impact

Industry Keywords

CybersecurityMLOpsAI SafetyAI SecurityRobustnessHigh-Stakes EngagementsFrontier AITechnical EvaluationsEntrepreneurial EnvironmentGovernment Collaboration

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecurityPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and scale the FAR.AI Red Team engineering organization, systems, tools, products, services, evaluations, and agents
Develop agentic red-teaming systems to systematically explore attack spaces
Identify new public jailbreaks and automatically integrate them into red-teaming systems
Advance attacker simulation and output harmfulness evaluation
Maintain and evolve vulnerability databases, statistical analysis tools, and reporting infrastructure
Build systems supporting high-stakes red-teaming engagements with frontier AI companies and governments
Support public reports, benchmarks, and leaderboards
Contribute to red-teaming closed- and open-weight frontier models
Build agentic workflows that accelerate red-team work
Manage, mentor, and support engineering and red-teaming individual contributors
Plan sprints and lead engineering execution
Create scalable processes for high-tempo engagements
Design hiring pipelines and hire engineering managers and other roles
Identify engineering bottlenecks and implement solutions
Partner with technical leadership on engineering systems, methodology, evaluations, and research
Contribute to red-team technical and product strategy
Translate technical ideas and findings into real-world impact

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong track record in software engineering, AI, or another computer engineering discipline (e.g. cybersecurity, MLOps)
Strong track record of managing, growing, and leading technical teams, including building start-ups (0 → 1) and managing managers
Experience with coding agents, Python, LLM APIs, local LLM frameworks, evaluation frameworks, LLM agents, cloud infrastructure, and compute clusters
Experience thriving in rapidly evolving environments
Demonstrated drive for mission and impact in frontier AI systems
Ability to communicate technical solutions to technical and non-technical audiences
Demonstrated relentlessness in achieving ambitious goals
Experience building or red-teaming frontier LLMs or agentic systems is a plus
Experience building technical teams and products in an entrepreneurial environment is a plus
Ability to discover non-obvious, high-severity vulnerabilities in complex systems is a plus
Experience in adversarial ML or security is a plus
Prior collaboration with AI labs, security teams, or government safety institutes is a plus
Published work in AI safety, security, or robustness is a plus
Some timezone flexibility expected
Full-time availability (40 hours/week)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Work-related travel expenses paid
Equipment expenses paid
Catered lunch and dinner at the office in Berkeley
Visa sponsorship for the US or Singapore
Paid work trial