Security Systems Architect (Super Star Program)

$100 - $300/hourpay

Required Skills

Artificial Intelligence
Threat Systems
Cybersecurity
judgement
communication
problem solving
threat modeling
prioritization
incident response
security architecture
vulnerability analysis
risk prioritization
About micro1
micro1 connects domain experts to the development of frontier AI models. Real-world expertise is turned into training data, evaluations, and feedback loops that improve how models perform. AI labs and enterprises use micro1 to train models and build reliable AI agents through advanced evaluations and reinforcement learning environments. Experts contribute directly to how AI systems learn, reason, and perform across domains like finance, healthcare, engineering, and more. Our platform identifies and vets top talent through an AI recruiter, enabling high-quality contributions at scale.
Our goal is to enable 1 billion people to do meaningful work by applying their expertise to AI. We’ve raised $40M+ in funding, and our AI recruiter has powered over 1 million AI-led interviews as our global network of experts grows into the human intelligence layer for AI.

Job Description

Job Title: Security Systems Architect (Super Star Program)


Job Type: Contractor (Super Star Program)


Location: Remote


Job Summary:

We are seeking an elite Security Systems Architect to join micro1’s highly selective Super Star Program and collaborate with our customer's team. This is a unique opportunity to operate at the highest level, acting as a trusted advisor on advanced, real-world projects that demand rigorous systems thinking, sharp adversarial analysis, and impeccable judgement. You will shape the security direction for critical, interconnected systems that power our most innovative client-facing solutions.


Key Responsibilities:

  1. Serve as a system-level security advisor to our core team and customer's team, driving strategic decisions across diverse, dynamic environments.
  2. Assess and model threat surfaces, vectors, and failure modes across evolving application, infrastructure, and platform ecosystems.
  3. Identify, prioritize, and communicate critical vulnerabilities, risks, and immediate security gaps using adversarial thinking and real-world impact frameworks.
  4. Participate in client calls to consult on new pipelines and guide research projects, translating ambiguous requirements into actionable security strategies.
  5. Advise on trade-offs between security posture, system performance, and business constraints under uncertainty and time pressure.
  6. Craft clear, actionable recommendations for technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring security is embedded into decision-making processes.
  7. Lead incident response, risk triage, and vulnerability analysis efforts for high-stakes systems with real operational consequences.


Required Skills and Qualifications:

  1. Deep expertise in cybersecurity, threat modeling, incident response, security architecture, and vulnerability analysis across interconnected systems.
  2. Proven track record operating in high-risk, real-world environments where security decisions had tangible business or operational impact.
  3. Exceptional analytical judgement and the ability to prioritize threats based on true risk, not theoretical severity.
  4. Demonstrated experience with artificial intelligence, adversarial analysis, and securing multi-layered stacks (app, infra/cloud, platform).
  5. Outstanding communication skills, conveying urgency, risk, and tradeoffs to non-technical audiences and clients with clarity.
  6. Ability to make defensible decisions under uncertainty and rapidly evolving circumstances.
  7. Hands-on, systems-oriented mindset with a focus on critical thinking and problem-solving.


Preferred Qualifications:

  1. Experience advising or working with top-tier research, consulting, or high-security engineering teams.
  2. Background in shaping security practices for AI systems, pipelines, or platforms.
  3. History of impactful contributions during incidents, breaches, or red team exercises.


Additional Context:

This is not a traditional, compliance-driven security role. You will work directly with micro1’s core and customer's teams, influencing how real-world, complex systems are evaluated, secured, and improved. If you thrive only in prescriptive, tool-centric, or theoretical environments, this is not the role for you. We seek strategic operators with hands-on experience, decisive judgement, and the drive to make a significant impact where it matters most.

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