Standards Researcher at Security Level 5 | CA, US | Rezi

Standards Researcher at Security Level 5

Standards Researcher

Security Level 5 · CA, US

2 weeks ago

Standards Researcher

Security Level 5 · CA, US

16 days ago
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About the Role

Security Level 5 is an AI security nonprofit dedicated to defending frontier models against nation-state threats. This role involves designing and building the first datacenter purpose-built to the Security Level 5 standard, a critical challenge in AI security engineering.

Responsibilities

  • Researching open questions behind individual security controls.
  • Drafting control text and overlay content, and maintaining it as the standard revises.
  • Supporting the Standards Lead in stakeholder engagement and documenting outcomes.

Requirements

  • Experience in security research or standards work.
  • Ability to read primary sources (NIST, ICD 705, vendor documentation) and synthesize information.
  • Clear and precise writing skills under editorial pressure.
  • Comfort with leaving questions open and flagged rather than resolving them prematurely.

Location

  • Bay Area

Work Type

  • In-person

Salary/Compensations

  • $140,000 - $200,000 USD per year

Benefits

  • Full benefits, including healthcare, dental, vision, 401k match, and more.

About the Company

  • Security Level 5 is a Bay Area AI security nonprofit working with AI labs and US intelligence agencies to defend frontier models from priority nation-state-level threats.
  • We are tripling headcount this year.
  • We wrote the first version of the standard with input from CISOs and senior security staff at the frontier labs, and US security and intelligence officials.
  • We are designing the SL5 architectures purpose-built for frontier AI workloads, and standing up the reference tech stack to guide labs' buildouts.
  • This stack has to hold against nation-states, not destroy researchers' productivity, not cost more than labs can pay, and ship in 2-3 years.