Senior AI Security Content Engineer (Fixed Term)

TryHackMe is the fastest-growing online cyber security training platform. Our mission is to make learning and teaching cyber security easier by providing gamified security exercises and challenges. Having only been around for handful of years weve grown to more than 7 million community members and our growth isnt slowing down!

The Role

Were looking for a Senior AI Security Content Engineer to help us design and develop cutting-edge AI-focused cybersecurity training content. This is a senior role that demands deep hands-on cybersecurity expertise combined with strong AI/ML knowledge youll be creating advanced learning experiences that teach our users how to secure assess and defend AI/ML systems in an era where artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the security landscape.

In this role youll research and develop immersive training content covering AI system vulnerabilities attack vectors and defensive strategies. From prompt injection and model manipulation to supply chain attacks and data poisoning youll transform complex AI security concepts into engaging practical labs that help millions of learners build essential skills for the future of cybersecurity.

The ideal candidate brings proven hands-on cybersecurity experience youve worked in the trenches of blue team operations security engineering incident response or in the realms of offensive security or cloud security and you have a strong working knowledge of AI/ML systems their architectures and the unique security challenges that arise when integrating them into existing organisational infrastructure. You understand both the cybersecurity fundamentals and the AI landscape well enough to teach others how to defend at the intersection of the two.

Technical Skills & Experience

To be considered for this opportunity you must have at least 5 years of hands-on cybersecurity experience in roles such as:

• Security Engineer SOC Analyst Threat Hunter Incident Responder or Penetration Tester

In addition you must demonstrate practical knowledge of AI/ML systems and their security implications gained through professional experience personal projects or research including hands-on exposure to AI model deployment MLOps pipelines or cloud-based AI environments (Azure AWS GCP).

Mandatory cybersecurity skills you must be able to demonstrate:

• Deep hands-on experience with defensive/offensive security fundamentals: threat detection incident response log analysis digital forensics security monitoring penetration testing etc;

• Proficiency with core security tools and frameworks (SIEM EDR IDS/IPS MITRE ATT&CK or similar)

• Strong understanding of network security endpoint security and cloud security principles

• Proven ability to investigate analyse and respond to real-world security incidents

Mandatory AI/ML security skills you must also demonstrate:

• Solid grasp of AI/ML system architectures data pipelines and attack surfaces (model poisoning data leakage prompt injection adversarial attacks etc.)

• Ability to analyse and articulate AI system vulnerabilities their potential impact and available mitigation strategies

• Familiarity with AI/LLM security frameworks such as:

  • OWASP Top 10 for LLMs

  • MITRE ATLAS

  • NIST AI Risk Management Framework

  • AI/ML Supply Chain Security (e.g. model provenance dataset integrity)

• Hands-on skills with AI security tools (such as Garak MLflow) and Python ML/AI libraries (TensorFlow PyTorch Hugging Face etc.)

• Hands-on experience with creating AI agents - especially in the cyber field!

You should also bring:

• Excellent technical writing and communication skills capable of translating complex AI security concepts into engaging digestible learning material

• Ability to research and synthesise emerging AI security threats and defensive techniques

• Understanding of AI governance model interpretability and security best practices

Job Responsibilities

• Research design and develop comprehensive AI security labs for TryHackMe creating realistic attack/defence scenarios (prompt injection model exfiltration adversarial inputs supply chain attacks) and immersive learning experiences that cover AI vulnerabilities attack vectors impacts and mitigation strategies

• Draw on your hands-on cybersecurity background to ensure all AI security content is grounded in real-world defensive practices and threat landscapes

• Collaborate with the Content Engineering Team to align AI-focused content with TryHackMes learning pathways

• Translate cutting-edge AI security research and real-world incidents into interactive practical learning experiences

• Stay current with the evolving AI threat landscape and update content to reflect new attack techniques and defences

• Contribute to the content roadmap for AI and emerging technology tracks

• Serve as a subject matter expert across both cybersecurity and AI security mentoring other content engineers and elevating the quality and accuracy of content across the team

• Excel at sharing AI security expertise (and any other relevant expertise) with team members translating technical research into actionable insights

Preferred Skills (nice-to-have):

• Experience building or evaluating LLM-based applications (e.g. LangChain OpenAI API Azure OpenAI or Hugging Face)

• Familiarity with AI red teaming and adversarial testing

• Programming experience with Python PowerShell or Bash

• Experience with AI model testing validation or security assessment

• Understanding of MLOps security and CI/CD pipeline hardening

• Background in CTF challenge design or gamified cybersecurity content

• Previous experience creating technical training content or educational materials

• Security Certifications / AI certifications are a nice-to-have

• Experience working with or defending cloud-native AI infrastructure (e.g. Azure AI AWS SageMaker GCP Vertex AI)

Benefits & Perks:

100% Remote - In a fully digital world work from anywhere you want!

Flexi Time - Choose your own hours as long as you have at least 4 hours of overlap with the UK timezone (from 8am - 6pm)

Tools - a dedicated work laptop any accessories you need to do your best work.

Swag Pack - start your TryHackMe journey with a branded swag bundle!

Personal Development - 2500 training budget to acquire certifications and more.

Company Retreat - an annual company retreat fully paid for by us!

Lunch on us - whether youre a pizza-lover salad obsessed or a big sushi fan TryHackMe will cover the cost of your lunch order during our recurring company virtual lunches.

Health Insurance - if youre in a country that doesnt have public health care.

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity - an enhanced package on top of statutory requirements.

401k / Pension - TryHackMe makes it easy to save money for your retirement.

Our Hiring Process

• Stage 1: Short introduction call (30 mins)

• Stage 2: Technical Take Home Exercise

• Stage 3: Technical interview (one hour)

• Stage 4: Final call with a Co-Founder (30 mins)

At this time we are unable to provide sponsorship.