# AI Safety & Security Researcher > Giskard · Paris, France (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-07-17 **Salary:** EUR 60,000–90,000 **Workplace:** hybrid **Department:** Tech ## Description Giskard defends the vision of a **Responsible AI** that serves the economic performance of companies while respecting the rights of citizens. To embody this mission, we are building a holistic testing platform for AI professionals to **evaluate the quality & security of Generative AI applications** based on Large Language Models (LLMs). Since 2021, we've been building based on open-source foundations (4K stars on [GitHub](https://github.com/Giskard-AI/giskard)) and pushing the frontier of applied AI Safety & Security research, to help major customers secure their GenAI applications, including BPCE, SG, AXA, Michelin, and more. **Company track record** In 2022, we raised our **first round of 1.5 million euros**, led by Elaia, with notable angel investors including Hugging Face's CTO and Mistral AI's co-founder. To read more about this fundraising, you can read [our announcement](https://www.giskard.ai/knowledge/news-fundraising-2022). In 2023, we received a **strategic investment from the European Commission** to build a SaaS platform to automate compliance with the EU AI Act. You can [read more here](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aniamaj_startups-smes-eueic-activity-7079083259329921025-piU_?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop). In 2024, we won a 3 M€ grant from Bpifrance to lead research in evaluation & mitigation for LLMs, in a collaborative consortium with Mistral AI, Artefact, INA and BnF. You can learn more [here](https://www.giskard.ai/knowledge/giskard-leads-genai-evaluation-in-france-2030s-argimi-consortium). **Missions** **Working directly with Giskard's** [Lead AI Researcher](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierre-l-j)**, your missions will be to:** - Design and implement robust methodologies to test, evaluate, and red-team AI agents for enterprise use cases, integrating them into our core platform. - Proactively identify vulnerabilities and failure modes in LLM-based systems, from prompt injection to data exfiltration to agentic misuse. - Work closely with our engineering team to translate research concepts into production-ready code, participating in the full development lifecycle from prototyping to deployment. - Conduct our scientific watch, reading academic papers in the fields of AI Testing / Benchmarking / Security. - Communicate findings with other AI teams at customers & partners, such as Mistral AI, AWS, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, in the form of presentations and papers. - Provide technical expertise and actionable security recommendations on customer projects. ## Requirements We are looking for a **researcher** with an entrepreneurial mindset and a **Ph.D. in Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence or equivalent experience,** preferably with previous experience with Generative AI / LLMs and AI application red-teaming. **We are hiring people located in France or willing to relocate.** **Skills** - Strong knowledge of Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence research, with particular focus on LLMs and their failure modes. - Solid cybersecurity fundamentals: threat modeling, common attack classes (injection, exfiltration, supply chain), and risk assessment, applied to AI/ML systems specifically. - Demonstrated applied research experience with a **focus on practical applications** and tool development (papers, benchmarks, disclosed vulnerabilities). - Strong skills in **software engineering** (use of Git, production-ready code) and the **Python** **stack.** Comfortable steering and critically reviewing AI-assisted workflows (coding agents, research assistant). - Strong **written & oral communication skills** in English. - Bonus: red-teaming AI application or CTF experience, published security research, or open-source contributions. **About you** - Passionate about building robust solutions to real-life problems - Comfortable moving between rigorous research and shipping something real that customers use - Hungry for learning new skills every day - Conscious about technology's role in our society - Empathetic team player **Recruitment process** You can get an offer with salary & equity in 4 weeks 🚀 - Fit interview: 20 minutes - Live exercise session: 1 hour - Tech interview: 45 minutes - Final interview: 1 hour ## Benefits We value **diversity, equity, and inclusivity**. Giskard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran, or disability status. We are **remote-flex**. We value productivity and work/life balance. You can come to our office in Paris on a weekly basis if you live around Paris. You can also work remotely and come to the office on a monthly basis. We offer a remote office kit to all full-time employees: a MacBook computer, external monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. We also offer a very complete **health insurance plan** with Alan. All full-time employees are granted a **significant equity package**. We want to include everyone in the adventure and make it a collective win. **Salary:** between **60 K€ and 90 K€ / year** (**brut**) + **0.1 - 0.3% of equity** ## Apply [Apply at Giskard](https://apply.workable.com/giskard/j/E89FE8E310/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)