Cybersecurity Engineer (Freelancer)

About Us:

Deccan AI Experts is a pioneering company founded by IIT Bombay and IIM Ahmedabad alumni, with a strong founding team from IITs, NITs, and BITS. We specialize in delivering high-quality human-curated data, AI-first scaled operations services, and more. Based in SF and Hyderabad, we are a young, fast-moving team on a mission to build AI for Good, driving innovation and positive societal impact.

About the Role

We are looking for a Cybersecurity Engineer to join us for critical projects. You will be working with big techs to help them in building cutting-edge AI foundational models meant to perform exceptionally well on secure architectures, threat detection, and risk mitigation workflows.

In this role you will be part of a highly skilled team with niche domain expertise, being at the forefront to improve the accuracy & performance of SOTA models.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and annotate AI-generated responses related to cybersecurity practices, policies, and implementations.
• Review model outputs for security vulnerabilities in system architecture, code, and configuration.
• Assess AI responses around topics like authentication, authorization, encryption, and incident response.
• Provide structured feedback on best practices in cloud security, DevSecOps, and secure coding.
• Identify inconsistencies or inaccuracies in AI-generated security recommendations and suggest improvements.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of security principles, frameworks (e.g., OWASP, NIST), and threat modeling.
• Experience with tools for vulnerability scanning, monitoring, and access control.
• Familiarity with cloud security (IAM, encryption, secrets management) across AWS/GCP/Azure.
• Proficiency in secure coding and code review practices.
• Interest in building and validating AI systems that enhance cybersecurity decision-making.

Why join us

• Competitive hourly pay: upto 1500 per hour.
• Fully remote and flexible work schedule.
• Opportunity to contribute to the advancement of AI technology.

NOTE: Pay will vary by project and typically is up to 1500 per hour. If you work an average of 3 hours every day, you could earn up to 90,000 per month once you clear our screening process.