Blockchain Security Expert - AI Track
CertiK is a Web3 security platform providing blockchain and smart-contract audits, formal verification, compliance and risk intelligence, monitoring, and validator services.
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About CertiK
CertiK is a New York-based Web3 security company founded in December 2017 by professors from Yale and Columbia. Its current offerings include smart-contract and blockchain audits, formal verification, penetration testing, DLT security, KYC and regulatory compliance services, SkyInsights risk analytics, Skynet security intelligence, validator operations, AI Auditor, CertiK Hunt, and Skylens.
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About the Role
You will develop, test, and optimize LLM-driven AI agents that automatically analyze smart contracts and surface potential vulnerabilities. You will collaborate with the blockchain security team to translate research into production-ready security auditing tools, experiment with novel AI techniques to improve threat detection and risk assessment, and continuously research emerging LLM and cybersecurity trends to propose and implement improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher, preferably in a science or engineering field
- 2+ years of security or software development experience
- Familiar with blockchain and smart contract technologies
- Familiar with agentic coding tools such as Cursor, Windsurf, Cline
- Strong and creative problem-solving skills and willingness to learn
- Prior research or project experience developing AI agents or automated security analysis tools
- Demonstrated ability to translate research insights into production-ready tools
- Prior knowledge of web3 security audits
- Hands-on blockchain experience such as evaluating project risks or analyzing on-chain security events
Responsibilities
- Develop LLM-driven AI agents for security audit tools
- Analyze smart contracts to identify vulnerabilities
- Experiment with novel AI techniques to enhance threat detection and risk assessment
- Translate research into scalable production-ready security auditing solutions
- Research emerging trends in LLMs, AI agent architectures, and cybersecurity and propose improvements
- Collaborate with the blockchain security team
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- 401(k) plan with company matching
- Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- HSA (with high deductible plan)
- FSA
- Flexible paid time off and holidays
- Variable commission program for business development sales roles