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KTek Resourcing

AI Security Research Engineer

Toronto, ON, Canada

Contract

Within 25 km of Vaughan · About 22.9 km from the city centre

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Job details

Job type: Contract
Apply by: Dec 2, 2026
Posted: Nov 2, 2026

Original job description

Title: AI Security Research Engineer

Location: Toronto, ON Hybrid

Position Type: Contract

Summary:

Technical Security Research Engineer to research, prototype, evaluate, and operationalize emerging cybersecurity capabilities. This is a hands-on role for someone who can move from a research hypothesis to working code, proof-of-concept, product evaluation, and enterprise recommendation.

Responsibilities

Build agentic AI security harnesses, prototypes, and POCs for new cyber capabilities.
Research AI Security, Agentic AI, Application Security, quantum/PQC, blockchain, and other emerging technologies.
Develop and integrate agents, LLMs, APIs, security tools, automation, and test environments.
Evaluate new cybersecurity products and startups through hands-on testing, benchmarking, and technical due diligence.
Validate vendor claims and assess security, scalability, integration complexity, and enterprise applicability.
Help transition successful research prototypes toward operational use.
Present technical findings and recommendations to engineering, security leadership, and investment stakeholders.

Qualifications

Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, AI, Computer Engineering, or related field; PhD welcomed.
Strong hands-on software development skills, particularly Python, Java, Node,
Go, C/C++ with experience in additional modern programming languages.
Experience with LLMs, AI agents, tool calling, orchestration frameworks, APIs, cloud, containers, and security automation.
Strong knowledge of Application Security, AI Security, vulnerability research, threat modeling, Secure development, Network security, infrastructure Security,
Security Architecture and other security domains.
Demonstrated ability to design experiments, build prototypes, and evaluate emerging technologies.

Strong technical writing and presentation skills.

Research papers or presentations at recognized cybersecurity, AI, or systems forums.
Experience with AI red teaming, autonomous penetration testing, agent security, or AI-native security tooling.
Cybersecurity startup, founder, or early-stage product experience.
Experience pitching to venture capital, corporate venture teams, accelerators, or investment stakeholders.
Patents, open-source security projects, vulnerability research, or other demonstrated technical innovation.
Certifications : CISSP, OSCP, CSSLP or equivalent.

The ideal candidate combines the mindset of a security researcher, software engineer, and emerging-technology evaluator and is comfortable turning new ideas into measurable, working cybersecurity capabilities"

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Responsibilities

Research, prototype, evaluate, and help operationalize emerging cybersecurity capabilities, including agentic AI security tools and proof-of-concepts. Conduct hands-on product and startup evaluations, validate vendor claims, and present technical findings and recommendations to engineering, security, and investment stakeholders.

Requirements

A master’s degree in cybersecurity, computer science, AI, computer engineering, or a related field is required; a PhD is welcomed. Candidates should have strong software development skills, experience with LLMs and AI agents, broad security knowledge, and the ability to design experiments, build prototypes, evaluate emerging technologies, and communicate findings.

Skills

AI Security
Agentic AI
Application Security
Cybersecurity Research
Software Development
Python
Java
Node.js
Go
C/C++
LLMs
AI Agents
Security Automation
Vulnerability Research
Threat Modeling
Technical Writing

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Keywords

AI Security
Agentic AI
Application Security
Quantum Computing
Post-Quantum Cryptography
Blockchain
Cybersecurity
Security Research
Python
Java
Node.js
Go
C/C++
LLMs
AI Agents
Tool Calling
Orchestration Frameworks
APIs
Cloud
Containers
Security Automation
Vulnerability Research
Threat Modeling
Network Security
Infrastructure Security
Security Architecture
AI Red Teaming
CISSP
OSCP

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