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This role is dedicated to the quality of intent analysis for cybersecurity prompts that an AI system could not confidently classify as benign or malicious, across the domains of the team.\nYou need to be a hands-on expert in your own field, with enough working knowledge of reverse engineering, malware research, and vulnerability research to judge prompts and guidelines that cross into the other team's domains. You also need to be independent, organized, and able to lead technical experts.\nWhat you'll do:\nLead and manage the Domain Experts of the team (Vulnerability Research & Reverse Engineering, Windows Malware Research, Linux/MacOS Malware Research, Android/iOS Security Research): priorities, workload, and performance\nRoute incoming rows to the team's domains and rebalance freelancer capacity inside the team as row volume shifts\nTrack team quality (agreement and disagreement rates, QA findings) and throughput, and report to the Group Manager\nResolve escalated edge cases and prompts that span several domains, and work with the other Tech Lead when a prompt crosses into their field\nKeep the annotation guidelines consistent across the team's domains and propose updates\nAnnotate or review directly when needed to unblock the team\nRequirements\nMinimum of 7 years of proven, hands-on experience in reverse engineering, malware research, or vulnerability research, with deep expertise in at least one of them\nWorking knowledge across all domains of the team, enough to assess and coach the Domain Experts in each\nSolid working knowledge of the other team's fields: reverse engineering, malware research, and vulnerability research, including how malware behaves, how binaries are analyzed, and how exploits are built\nAt least 2 years of experience leading or mentoring technical specialists (team lead, tech lead, or senior reviewer)\nExperience with quality processes such as QA sampling, calibration sessions, and quality metrics\nStrong analytical judgment: able to infer a user's underlying goal from a short prompt and separate defensive, educational, and research use from attack preparation\nClear written and verbal communication in English\nNice to have:\nGIAC GREM, OSED, OSCP\nDemonstrated online achievements, write-ups, or contributions on platforms such as HackTheBox, Pwn2Own, TryHackMe, Bug Bounty programs, or published security research.\nAbout Alice\nAlice is a trust, safety, and security company built for the AI era. 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