AI & Blockchain Security Engineer

AI & Blockchain Security Engineer Hybrid (Bay Area) About the Opportunity We're partnering with an innovative technology company operating at the intersection of artificial intelligence, blockchain infrastructure, and cybersecurity. As an AI & Blockchain Security Engineer, you'll help build next-generation security tooling that leverages AI to identify vulnerabilities, investigate threats, and improve security across modern blockchain ecosystems. This is a highly technical role suited to engineers who enjoy solving complex security challenges and pushing the boundaries of automation and AI-driven research. What You'll Be Doing Design and develop AI-powered security tools for blockchain and smart contract analysis. Build intelligent systems capable of identifying vulnerabilities and security weaknesses across decentralized applications and protocols. Develop automated workflows for threat detection, exploit investigation, and security monitoring. Improve AI reasoning and analysis capabilities across large codebases, transaction flows, and blockchain activity. Work closely with security researchers, engineers, and infrastructure teams to strengthen security operations and incident response processes. Research emerging attack techniques, blockchain security trends, and advancements in AI-assisted security technologies. What We're Looking For Essential Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, or a related field. Hands-on experience in one or more of the following: Blockchain Security Smart Contract Auditing Vulnerability Research Offensive Security Strong understanding of blockchain architecture, smart contract execution, and transaction analysis. Knowledge of common Web3 security vulnerabilities and attack vectors. Experience with security investigations, exploit analysis, threat detection, or vulnerability assessment. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Passion for emerging technologies, AI, and blockchain security. Nice to Have Experience building AI agents, LLM-powered applications, security copilots, or automated research tools. Understanding of cryptographic concepts including digital signatures, hashing, Merkle Trees, MPC, consensus mechanisms, or zero-knowledge technologies. Familiarity with EVM internals, DeFi protocols, cross-chain ecosystems, or blockchain infrastructure. Why Join? Work on cutting-edge AI and blockchain security challenges. Collaborate with highly technical security researchers and engineers. Opportunity to influence the future of AI-assisted cybersecurity. Fast-paced environment with significant scope for innovation and ownership. Exposure to some of the most advanced security problems in the Web3 ecosystem. When applying, mention the word CANDYSHOP to show you read the job post completely.