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CVE Vulnerability Expert

Mercor logoMercor$70–$90/hrRemote in United StatesContractPosted 2mo ago

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About the role

Evaluate the quality, fidelity, and completeness of vulnerability-reproduction and remediation tasks used to train and evaluate a frontier AI lab's models. You'll assess whether CVE reproductions are faithful, fixes are sound, verification logic is rigorous, and Docker-based lab environments accurately recreate exploitable conditions - and provide clear, rubric-based written feedback.

Basic Qualifications

  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in application security, penetration testing, or vulnerability research
  • Strong understanding of CVE vulnerability taxonomy and severity frameworks (CVSS, CWE, CAPEC)
  • Demonstrated expertise in secure coding and remediation across common vulnerability classes (SQL injection, command injection, buffer overflow, deserialization, SSRF, misconfigurations, privilege escalation)
  • Experience designing or evaluating two-part verification logic (functionality tests + vulnerability tests)
  • Proficiency with Docker and Docker Compose for multi-container vulnerability reproduction environments

Preferred Qualifications

  • OSCP, GPEN, GWAPT, or equivalent offensive-security certification
  • Experience with CVE disclosure, responsible vulnerability reporting, or maintaining exploit proof-of-concept code
  • Background in DevSecOps, CI/CD security gating, or SAST/DAST tooling
  • Prior technical content review, assessment design, or QA for security-focused engineering tasks

Where you can work

This role is 100% remote, for applicants located in United States.

From Mercor's job posting, checked 14 Nov 2026.

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