AI training jobs for security engineers and pentesters
45 live cybersecurity roles today. The median hourly listing pays $60, and the best pays up to $250. 2 ask for a PhD. AI labs pay for this work because models need experts to write, check and grade answers in the field.
Median hourly by platform
- Handshake AI (2)$200
- Mercor (6)$83
- micro1 (1)$60
- Alignerr (29)$50
Spread of hourly pay, median marked
- Mercor
Cybersecurity Research Expert – Offensive Security & Vulnerability Research
Cybersecurity · Remote
$200-250/hr - Handshake AIPhDMaster's
Intelligence Expert (Bachelor's, Master's and PhDs) - AI Trainer
Cybersecurity · United States
$200/hr - Mercor
Cybersecurity Practitioner: Paid Expert Interviews (SOC, Incident Response, Detection, AppSec)
Cybersecurity · United States
$125-175/hr - AlignerrNew
AI Penetration Tester
Cybersecurity · Remote · 2 locations
$60-120/hr - AlignerrNew
AI Penetration Testing Expert
Cybersecurity · Remote · 2 locations
$60-120/hr - AlignerrNew
AI Red Team — Penetration Testing Expert
Cybersecurity · Remote
$60-120/hr - AlignerrNew
AI Red Team Penetration Tester
Cybersecurity · Remote
$60-120/hr - AlignerrNew
AI Security Penetration Tester
Cybersecurity · Remote · 2 locations
$60-120/hr - AlignerrNew
AI Security Testing Analyst
Cybersecurity · Remote · 2 locations
$60-120/hr - AlignerrNew
Cybersecurity Defence Analyst
Cybersecurity · Remote
$60-120/hr - AlignerrNew
Cybersecurity Defense Analyst
Cybersecurity · Remote
$60-120/hr - AlignerrNew
Cybersecurity Defense Expert
Cybersecurity · Remote · 9 locations
$60-120/hr - AlignerrNew
Cybersecurity Penetration Testing Expert
Cybersecurity · Remote · 11 locations
$60-120/hr - AlignerrNew
AI Red Team Tester
Cybersecurity · Remote · 15 locations
$40-120/hr - Mercor
SOC Investigation Specialist Talent Network
Cybersecurity · India +39
$70-95/hr - Mercor
CVE Vulnerability Expert
Cybersecurity · United States
$70-90/hr - Handshake AIPhDMaster's
Security Engineer
Cybersecurity · United States
$80/hr - micro1New
App Security Expert
Cybersecurity · Remote
$40-80/hr - AlignerrNew
Incident Response Lead, Cyber Security
Cybersecurity · Remote · 2 locations
$40-80/hr - AlignerrNew
Lead Penetration Tester
Cybersecurity · Remote · 2 locations
$40-80/hr - AlignerrNew
Principal Cloud Security Architect
Cybersecurity · Remote · 19 locations
$40-80/hr - AlignerrNew
AI Red Team Analyst
Cybersecurity · Remote
$15-75/hr - AlignerrNew
AI Red Team Tester
Cybersecurity · Remote
$15-75/hr - AlignerrNew
AI Security Analyst
Cybersecurity · Remote
$15-75/hr - AlignerrNew
AI Security Expert
Cybersecurity · Remote
$15-75/hr - AlignerrNew
AI Security Tester
Cybersecurity · Remote · 3 locations
$15-75/hr - AlignerrNew
AI Security Testing Analyst
Cybersecurity · Remote · 2 locations
$15-75/hr - AlignerrNew
AI Security Testing Specialist
Cybersecurity · Remote
$15-75/hr - AlignerrNew
OpenClaw Security Expert & Power User
Cybersecurity · Remote
$15-75/hr - Mercor
Expert Interviewer
Cybersecurity · United States
$50-60/hr - Mercor
Fire & Life Safety Reviewer — Vulcan
Cybersecurity · United States
$45-60/hr - AlignerrNew
AI / Emerging Tech Security Analyst
Cybersecurity · Remote · 38 locations
$40-60/hr - AlignerrNew
Offensive Security Analyst (Structured / Non-Exploit)
Cybersecurity · Remote · 38 locations
$40-60/hr - AlignerrNew
Application Security Analyst
Cybersecurity · Remote · 38 locations
$38-60/hr - AlignerrNew
Cloud Security Analyst
Cybersecurity · Remote · 38 locations
$38-60/hr - AlignerrNew
Data Security & DLP Analyst
Cybersecurity · Remote · 38 locations
$38-60/hr - AlignerrNew
Network & Infrastructure Security Analyst
Cybersecurity · Remote · 38 locations
$35-60/hr - AlignerrNew
Security Operations Analyst
Cybersecurity · Remote · 38 locations
$30-60/hr - Mercor
Energetic Materials Expert for Redteaming
Cybersecurity · Remote
$65-75 per task - Mercor
Federal Certified Materials Specialist / Incident Analyst
Cybersecurity · Remote
$65-75 per task
Disclosure: Mercor and micro1 pay us a referral bonus if someone we send gets hired. Neither program's rules deduct it from your pay, and roles are ranked by pay, never by bonus. How we make money