AI Blockchain Security Engineer
Embedding Vc · San Francisco Bay Area
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## AI Blockchain Security Engineer ### About the Role We’re hiring an **AI Blockchain Security Engineer** for a leading fintech company’s **Security & AI** team in the **San Francisco Bay Area**. This role focuses on building **AI-driven systems** for blockchain security research, **smart contract analysis**, and **on-chain threat detection**. You’ll work at the intersection of **AI agents**, **blockchain infrastructure**, and **offensive security** to improve **automated vulnerability discovery** and **security investigation workflows** across Web3 ecosystems. ### Key Responsibilities - Build **AI-assisted systems** for smart contract security analysis and vulnerability detection. - Research and develop **AI agents** that analyze smart contracts, protocol logic, and cross-chain transaction flows. - Build internal tooling for **automated security investigation**, exploit analysis, and threat detection across blockchain ecosystems. - Improve AI reasoning over large codebases, protocol interactions, wallet activity, and complex execution flows. - Collaborate with security researchers, protocol engineers, and infrastructure teams to strengthen security monitoring and incident response. - Stay current with emerging blockchain attack techniques, AI security trends, and evolving Web3 infrastructure. ### Requirements - A degree in **computer science**, **artificial intelligence**, **blockchain**, or **security**. - Experience in one or more of the following: - blockchain security - smart contract auditing - vulnerability research - Familiarity with blockchain ecosystems, **EVM internals**, smart contract execution, and transaction lifecycle analysis. - Understanding of common Web3 attack vectors, including: - reentrancy attacks - access control vulnerabilities - signature replay attacks - oracle manipulation attacks - cross-chain bridge exploits - Familiarity with security practices such as vulnerability analysis, blockchain security monitoring, attack investigation, or exploit validation. - Experience building AI workflows, retrieval systems, tool-calling agents, or **LLM-powered security tools**. - Strong analytical mindset and genuine interest in AI-driven security research and blockchain infrastructure. ### Preferred - Familiarity with blockchain-related cryptography: hashing, digital signatures, Merkle trees, MPC, or consensus mechanisms. ### Work Setup - **Full-time, on-site** in the **San Francisco Bay Area**.
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