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Security Researcher

United States, Washington, RedmondResearch & Science

Listed on Microsoft’s official careers site. Posted August 6, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there.

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Job description

Discover and exploit GenAI security vulnerabilities end-to-end in order to assess AI systems and models

  • Manage product group stakeholders as priority recipients and collaborators for operational sprints
  • Drive clarity on communication and reporting for red teaming peers when working with product groups
  • Develop methodologies and techniques to scale and accelerate AI Red Teaming in new and emerging threat areas
  • Work alongside traditional offensive security engineers, adversarial ML experts, developers to land responsible AI operations
  • Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field OR equivalent experience.

Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 3+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection OR equivalent experience.

Penetration testing qualifications; GPEN/GXPN, GWAPT, OSCP/OSCE, CRT/CCT/CCSAS Participation in bug bounties/CTFs Experience of using common penetration testing tools; Kali Linux, Burpsuite, Nmap, Nessus, etc Familiarity with one or more programming languages from: Python, C#, C/C++, PowerShell Prior knowledge of Generative AI not required, though experience testing agents is preferred, while basic familiarity with AI or willingness to learn is desired

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