Staff AI Engineer

About the role

AI is reshaping cybersecurity on both sides. Attackers can use AI to strike at machine speed, and only AI-powered defense can keep up. At the same time, organizations can only adopt AI with confidence if it is secure. Rapid7 sits at the intersection of security and AI, and we are building industry-defining products for this new era.

What you'll do

• Establish engineering best practices, guide architectural decisions and mentor other engineers
• Recommend model strategy for your projects, including when to use frontier or open-source models and when to fine-tune, distill, or post-train
• Establish evals as the release gate for the AI systems you ship
• Lead design reviews for your projects and work through complex technical trade-offs
• Mentor engineers on your team and partner with Product and platform teams to align technical solutions with customer needs

What you need

• 8–14 yrs of experience
• Machine learning
• LLMs
• Python
• PyTorch
• Prototyping
• B.Tech or B.E. or B.Sc or BCA or M.Tech or MCA or M.Sc