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title: 'Cybersecurity Engineer at 10a Labs'
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# Cybersecurity Engineer at 10a Labs

- **Company:** 10a Labs
- **Location:** Remote
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-07-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/10alabs/jobs/4330885009

## Job description

About 10a Labs: 10a Labs is the safety and threat-intelligence layer trusted by frontier AI labs, AI unicorns, Fortune 10 companies, and leading global technology platforms. Our adversarial red teaming, model evaluations, and intelligence collection enable engineering, safety, and security teams to stay ahead of evolving threats and deploy AI systems safely.

Cybersecurity Engineer

## About the Role

We are seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to build secure, reproducible infrastructure and tooling for AI security evaluations You'll work across cloud infrastructure, security automation, internal tooling, and controlled offensive security testing to help identify and measure emerging AI-enabled cyber risks.

This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy solving difficult technical problems, building scalable security solutions, and working alongside cross-functional teams at the forefront of AI security.

## What You'll Do

- Build tools, automation, and infrastructure that support scalable adversarial testing of AI systems and applications.
- Build and maintain realistic, repeatable, security test environments using cloud infrastructure and automation tools such as Terraform.
- Collaborate with red teamers and engineers to reproduce, investigate, and remediate vulnerabilities uncovered during AI security assessments.
- Develop and automate attack simulations to validate security controls, identify potential failure modes, and improve the resilience of AI-powered systems.
- Conduct threat modeling and security design reviews for new systems and features.
- Collaborate closely with software engineers to integrate security throughout the development lifecycle.

Required Qualifications

- 3–5 years of professional experience in Cybersecurity, Security Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, or a closely related topic.
- Professional experience with Python.
- Experience using git/github in a collaborative environment.
- Experience building or securing cloud environments using Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Strong understanding of Linux systems, networking, and modern web technologies.
- Experience automating cloud infrastructure using an Infrastructure as Code tool (Terraform preferred).
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes and various virtualization technology stacks
- Familiarity with large language models (LLMs), AI systems, or AI security concepts.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience conducting penetration tests, red team assessments, adversary emulation, or comparable offensive security work.
- Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, and common web security vulnerabilities.
- Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience translating offensive-security findings into repeatable attack simulations, evaluation tooling, detections, or security-control improvements.
- Experience with CI/CD security and DevSecOps practices.
- Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and common cloud attack techniques.
- Experience with detection engineering or SIEM platforms.
- Experience building internal developer tools or security platforms.
- Security certifications such as GSEC, OSCP, or cloud security certifications.
- Contributions to open-source security projects or participation in Capture the Flag (CTF) competitions are a plus.
- Experience working in fast-paced, high-growth, or start-up environments.

## What We're Looking For

- Builder mentality with a passion for solving difficult engineering problems.
- Curiosity about emerging cyber threats and AI security.
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
- Strong ownership and bias toward action.
- Collaborative mindset and eagerness to work across technical and non-technical teams.
- Continuous learner who enjoys experimenting with new technologies.

## Compensation & Benefits

- Salary Range: $135K–$160K, depending on experience and location
- Bonus: Performance-based annual bonus
- Professional Development: Support for conferences, continuing education, or leadership training
- Work Environment: Fully remote, U.S.-based
- Health Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
- Time Off: Generous PTO and paid holiday schedule
- Retirement: 401(k) plan

## About 10a Labs

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: 10a Labs is an applied research and technology company providing AI security, threat intelligence, and independent safety evaluations for frontier AI models and major technology platforms.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Washington, D.C., United States
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Bobby McKenzie (Founder & CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: AI Security & Safety, Threat Intelligence, Research Services
- **Target customers**: Frontier AI labs, AI unicorns, Fortune 10 companies, and leading global technology platforms (B2B, Enterprise)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "The safety and threat-intelligence layer trusted by frontier AI labs... enabling engineering, safety, and security teams to stay ahead of evolving threats and deploy AI systems safely."

## Products & Services
- **Model Evaluations & Red Teaming**: Independent safety evaluations for frontier AI models, built for EU AI Act compliance and regulatory readiness. Includes scaled red teaming technology stress-testing generative and agentic AI systems against high-priority threats (CBRNE, Cyber Harms, Data Exfiltration, Model Distillation, Terrorism, Fraud, and more).
- **Threat Intelligence (Scout)**: Real-time monitoring for emerging threats to frontier AI systems, with proprietary threat intelligence delivered via API. Covers malicious tooling, novel abuse patterns, unauthorized access pathways, credential resale, jailbreaks, and dark web monitoring.
- **Model Defense & Integrity (Spartan)**: Advanced R&D in agentic AI systems, ML and RL model-distillation risks, and multimodal adversarial defenses to strengthen AI security and robustness.
- **Data Center Risk Analysis**: Assessment of risks to data centers stemming from geopolitical, regulatory, jurisdictional, and operational challenges.
- **Classification System**: A proprietary production ML pipeline with datasets and taxonomies informed by deep subject-matter expertise to detect emerging abuse patterns across text and other modalities.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Total headcount of approximately 36 employees (as of mid-2025), with strong growth (+172.2% year-over-year).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Clients include frontier AI labs, AI unicorns, Fortune 10 companies, and leading global technology platforms. Alumni have gone on to OpenAI, Microsoft, Verizon, and other tech leaders. Talent sourced from organizations like the U.S. Department of State, Columbia SIPA, and the United Nations University.
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid headcount growth (+172.2% YoY), 32 active job postings in mid-2025, quarterly job posting growth of +166.7% and yearly growth of +3100.0%, indicating aggressive expansion across multiple departments (Research, Engineering, Threat Investigation, Data, Operations).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Specialized Focus**: A rare company fully dedicated to AI safety, security, and threat intelligence for frontier models, serving as an independent, expert safety layer.
- **Deep Expertise**: Combines subject-matter expertise (e.g., CBRNE, cyber, terrorism) with proprietary ML pipelines and red teaming technology.
- **Trusted Client Base**: Serves the most advanced AI labs and largest tech platforms, providing a unique vantage point on emerging threats.
- **Regulatory Readiness**: Built to help clients comply with frameworks like the EU AI Act, positioning them as a critical partner in the evolving regulatory landscape.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling the Team**: Aggressively hiring across engineering, research, threat investigation, and operations to expand capacity.
- **Advancing R&D**: Deepening research into agentic AI risks, model distillation, and multimodal adversarial defenses.
- **Global Expansion**: Posting roles in multiple regions (US, UK, Australia, France), indicating international growth.
- **Product Development**: Continuing to build out their suite of safety, intelligence, and evaluation products (Scout, Spartan, Classification System).

## Why Work Here
- **High-Impact Mission**: Work directly on ensuring the safe deployment of the world's most advanced AI systems, addressing critical security and societal risks.
- **Compelling Compensation**: Salary ranges for technical roles are highly competitive (e.g., $255K–$405K + Equity for exceptional engineers, per a recent hiring post).
- **Rapid Growth Environment**: Join a company in a strong growth phase (+172% headcount growth), offering significant opportunities for impact and career advancement.
- **On-Site Collaborative Culture**: While some roles are remote, many positions are in-office (Washington D.C., San Francisco, London), emphasizing a collaborative, hands-on work environment.
- **Strong Talent Network**: Surrounded by colleagues from top institutions and government agencies (State Department, UN, Columbia SIPA, Michigan State), fostering a culture of expertise and mission-driven work.
- **Comprehensive Roles**: Opportunities span from hands-on red teaming and software engineering to research and operations, appealing to a wide range of skills and career paths.

## Sources
1. [10alabs.com](https://10alabs.com/)
2. [Built In - 10a Labs](https://builtin.com/company/10a-labs)
3. [LinkedIn - 10a Labs](https://www.linkedin.com/company/10a-labs)
4. [Greenhouse - 10a Labs Jobs](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/10alabs)

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