# Reinforcement Learning Engineer at Bugcrowd

- Company: Bugcrowd
- What the company does: Bugcrowd teams with elite security researchers to reduce risk & improve security ROI through our bug bounty, pen testing, & vulnerability disclosure programs. Backed by General Catalyst.
- Company website: https://www.bugcrowd.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Remote - US
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $176K to $243K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-26
- Apply by: 2026-12-10
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/bugcrowd/jobs/8318896?gh_jid=8318896&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/bugcrowd-reinforcement-learning-engineer/

## About the role

The Bugcrowd RL and Reasoning Team focuses on pushing the boundaries of autonomous cybersecurity by building authentic, verifiable reinforcement learning environments for world-leading foundational AI companies. As a Reinforcement Learning Engineer specializing in Reinforcement Learning from Verifiable Rewards (RLVR), you will design and scale automated verification pipelines that transform real-world software vulnerabilities into deterministic reward functions. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Understanding of RL training workflows used by modern LLM systems, specifically execution-based feedback or Reinforcement Learning from Verifiable Rewards (RLVR)
- Proficiency developing applications in Python and low-level systems programming in C, with Rust experience being a strong plus
- Solid understanding of software vulnerabilities, binary exploitation, fuzzing methodologies, or program analysis
- Experience with DevOps pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions), reproducible builds (Docker, BuildKit, Nix), and comfort working with Linux systems and low-level debugging
- Experience working with or building benchmark environments (e.g., CTFs, SWE-bench, security challenges, or execution sandboxes)

Tags: R&D : Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/bugcrowd-reinforcement-learning-engineer/