red-teaming jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-30, red-teaming appears in 210 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — AI Safety Evaluator has the most postings mentioning red-teaming.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about red-teaming
+Is red-teaming in demand in 2026?
Yes. red-teaming appears in 210 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. AI Safety Evaluator accounts for the most postings mentioning red-teaming (7.6% of all postings mentioning red-teaming).
+What jobs require red-teaming?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning red-teaming are AI Safety Evaluator (59.3% of that role’s postings mention red-teaming), Safeguards Enforcement Analyst (18.5% of that role’s postings mention red-teaming), Application Software Engineer (14.5% of that role’s postings mention red-teaming).
+What skills are commonly paired with red-teaming?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), red-teaming most often appears alongside Python, adversarial testing, prompt injection, Content moderation, threat modeling.
+Where is red-teaming most in demand?
As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring red-teaming are San Francisco, New York City, London, Ho Chi Minh City, Palo Alto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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+Which skills come before and after red-teaming?
The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.
Weekly indexed postings requiring red-teaming — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around red-teaming
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Not enough linked career history to draw this chart yet.
Roles most likely to require red-teaming
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| AI Safety Evaluator | 16 | 59.3% |
| Safeguards Enforcement Analyst | 5 | 18.5% |
| Application Software Engineer | 8 | 14.5% |
| GRC Engineer | 2 | 9.1% |
| AI Security Engineer | 7 | 5.0% |
| AI Security Researcher | 1 | 4.5% |
| AI Director | 1 | 4.0% |
| AI Response Evaluator | 1 | 3.7% |
| AI Security Specialist | 1 | 3.7% |
| Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) | 1 | 3.4% |
Roles with the most red-teaming postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| AI Safety Evaluator | 16 | 7.6% |
| Research Scientist | 13 | 6.2% |
| Software Engineer | 10 | 4.8% |
| AI Safety Evaluation Expert | 9 | 4.3% |
| Product Manager | 9 | 4.3% |
| Application Software Engineer | 8 | 3.8% |
| AI Engineer | 7 | 3.3% |
| AI Security Engineer | 7 | 3.3% |
| AI Security Software Engineer | 6 | 2.9% |
| AI Safety Specialist | 5 | 2.4% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring red-teaming
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| OpenBrain | 35 |
| SpaceX | 18 |
| Scale AI | 9 |
| Anthropic | 7 |
| Bosch | 7 |
| Mercor | 6 |
| BCG | 5 |
| Apollo Research | 5 |
| OpenAI | 4 |
| Waabi | 4 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring for red-teaming
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 18 | 8.6% |
| New York City | 14 | 6.7% |
| London | 11 | 5.2% |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 7 | 3.3% |
| Palo Alto | 7 | 3.3% |
| Hawthorne | 4 | 1.9% |
| Washington | 4 | 1.9% |
| Boston | 2 | 1.0% |
| Cape Canaveral | 2 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with red-teaming
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning red-teaming by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s red-teaming postings by all red-teaming postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 34457a4331267878
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- 2026-09-30
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- 90
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