Application Security Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $90/hr

Job Description

Job Description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: CVE Vulnerability Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70–$90/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Evaluate the quality, fidelity, and completeness of vulnerability-reproduction and remediation tasks for AI model training.
• Assess CVE reproductions for faithfulness and ensure fixes are sound.
• Verify rigorous logic and ensure Docker-based lab environments accurately recreate exploitable conditions.
• Provide clear, rubric-based written feedback to improve model outputs.
• Collaborate with AI research teams to enhance training data quality and downstream performance.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in application security, penetration testing, or vulnerability research.
• Strong understanding of CVE vulnerability taxonomy and severity frameworks ( CVSS , CWE , CAPEC ).
• Demonstrated expertise in secure coding and remediation across common vulnerability classes ( SQL injection , command injection , buffer overflow , deserialization , SSRF , misconfigurations , privilege escalation ).
• Experience designing or evaluating two-part verification logic (functionality tests + vulnerability tests).
• Proficiency with Docker and Docker Compose for multi-container vulnerability reproduction environments.

Preferred

• OSCP , GPEN , GWAPT , or equivalent offensive-security certification.
• Experience with CVE disclosure, responsible vulnerability reporting, or maintaining exploit proof-of-concept code.
• Background in DevSecOps , CI/CD security gating, or SAST/DAST tooling.
• Prior technical content review, assessment design, or QA for security-focused engineering tasks.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

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