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Cyber Security Engineer

Johannesburg, Gauteng🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $62,400–$62,400🗓 2026-09-27

Core

Cyber Security Engineer contributing technical expertise to train next-generation AI systems by analyzing codebases, performing security assessments, and optimizing application performance.

Role type

Contractor Cyber Security Engineer (AI Training)

Builds

AI training datasets and secure backend applications

Domain

Cybersecurity + AI/ML

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Vulnerability assessment, Penetration testing, Codebase auditing, Bug resolution, Backend development, Code refactoring

Preferred skills

Python3, Java, Rust, Go, C++, TypeScript, Secure software development lifecycles, Algorithm optimization

Technologies

Python3, Java, Rust, Go, C++, TypeScript

Responsibilities

Analyze and resolve software bugs and vulnerabilities across diverse codebases; Implement new features and enhance existing functionality; Refactor legacy code to improve maintainability and security; Perform codebase audits and penetration testing; Contribute to backend development for scalability; Document findings to improve AI training datasets.

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