Application Security Analyst
Posted 1 day ago by Alignerr
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Application Security Analyst role at Alignerr involves leveraging security expertise to train AI systems in risk assessment and vulnerability remediation. This fully remote contract position allows for flexible hours, focusing on analyzing application security scenarios and building datasets for AI training. Candidates should possess hands-on experience in application security and strong communication skills to convey complex security reasoning. The role offers the opportunity to work with leading AI research teams and contribute to innovative projects in the field of AI.
Key Responsibilities:
- Analyze realistic application security scenarios spanning code, APIs, and live system behavior
- Classify and assess vulnerabilities including authentication flaws, injection risks, access control gaps, and business logic issues
- Evaluate the quality of secure coding practices and proposed remediation strategies
- Build and validate security-focused reasoning datasets that teach AI how to think like an expert analyst
- Distinguish real-world exploitability from theoretical risk with clear, structured written reasoning
Key Skills:
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in application, product, or software security
- Solid working knowledge of the OWASP Top 10 and how vulnerabilities manifest in production systems
- Able to think critically about risk — separating genuine threats from noise
- Strong written communication skills with the ability to explain security reasoning clearly and systematically
- Self-directed and comfortable working asynchronously on task-based assignments
- Experience with penetration testing, secure code review, or bug bounty programs (nice to have)
- Familiarity with API security, cloud-native architectures, or DevSecOps practices (nice to have)
- Background in writing security documentation, threat models, or vulnerability reports (nice to have)
Salary (Rate): £38.00/hr
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Application Security Analyst (AI Training)
About The Role
What if your security knowledge could train the next generation of AI systems to reason about risk the way a seasoned expert does? Alignerr partners with the world's leading AI research labs to build and evaluate cutting-edge AI models. We're looking for application security professionals who understand how software truly breaks in production — and can translate that expertise into structured reasoning that teaches AI to assess, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities accurately. This is a fully remote, flexible contract role. You set your own hours and work at your own pace.
Organization: Alignerr
Type: Hourly Contract
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10–40 hours/week
What You'll Do
- Analyze realistic application security scenarios spanning code, APIs, and live system behavior
- Classify and assess vulnerabilities including authentication flaws, injection risks, access control gaps, and business logic issues
- Evaluate the quality of secure coding practices and proposed remediation strategies
- Build and validate security-focused reasoning datasets that teach AI how to think like an expert analyst
- Distinguish real-world exploitability from theoretical risk with clear, structured written reasoning
Who You Are
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in application, product, or software security
- Solid working knowledge of the OWASP Top 10 and how vulnerabilities manifest in production systems
- Able to think critically about risk — separating genuine threats from noise
- Strong written communication skills with the ability to explain security reasoning clearly and systematically
- Self-directed and comfortable working asynchronously on task-based assignments
Nice to Have
- Experience with penetration testing, secure code review, or bug bounty programs
- Familiarity with API security, cloud-native architectures, or DevSecOps practices
- Background in writing security documentation, threat models, or vulnerability reports
Why Join Us
- Work directly on frontier AI systems alongside top research teams
- Fully remote and flexible — work when and where you want
- Freelance autonomy with the backing of a leading AI training organization
- Meaningful, intellectually engaging work that puts your security expertise to use in a new way
- Potential for ongoing work and contract extension