# Research Engineer

About the Company America is under sustained cyber attack. Our adversaries infiltrate our networks, steal our IP, and degrade the digital infrastructure that modern life runs on. They’ve learned-correctly-that those attacks rarely produce consequences. Twenty was founded to change that, by making our adversaries think twice before they attack us. Our vision is American and allied primacy in cyberspace-a future where they cannot contest us, deterrence is assured, and the free world remains secure. Founded in 2024, Twenty Technologies (www.twenty.io) industrializes offensive cyber operations for the U.S. and its allies. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, Twenty has raised $168M from Khosla Ventures, Accel, Caffeinated Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Point72 Ventures, General Catalyst, and In-Q-Tel. Mission | On Site | Full Time | U.S. Citizenship Required / No Active Clearance Required Role Summary Twenty builds offensive cyber capabilities for the United States and its allies. We’re looking for a Research Engineer who can turn an understanding of adversary behavior into software that works in operational environments. You’ll investigate emerging techniques, build and test rese

- **Id**: 3714086
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/twenty-research-engineer>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Arlington, United States, New York, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T19:49:47Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T04:24:45Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5209
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: National Security, Cyber Warfare

## Company

- **Id**: 685785
- **Name**: Twenty
- **Domain**: twenty.io
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/twenty-2>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 94
- **Open postings**: 27
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.037
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 135
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 159000
- **Max**: 263000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 263000

## Technologies

- **MITRE ATT&CK** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Red Teaming** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T00:17:50Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 2; Filings 12m: 2

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 135
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:early, comp:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 263000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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