Team8 Cyber Stealth Startup - TL Network Capture diagnosis

Join a stealth-mode AI security startup backed by Team8, building foundational technology to understand and secure how AI systems interact with the world — starting at the network and protocol layer.

We’re looking for a hands-on technical lead to own one of our most critical domains — traffic, protocols, and AI behavior. You’ll combine deep technical understanding with strong operational instincts to build systems, workflows, and insights that power our core product.

If you’re a security researcher, data analyst, or systems engineer who thrives on exploring complex data, building scalable solutions, and turning ambiguity into clarity — this might be your next big step.

What You’ll Do

Take ownership of the traffic and protocol analysis domain — from data collection to insight generation.
Design and build data and analysis pipelines, integrating both software engineering and analytical methods.
Investigate AI-driven traffic, model interactions, and communication behaviors across systems and networks.
Work closely with Product and Operations to connect technical work with real-world customer use cases.
Develop tools, automations, and workflows that enable the team to move faster and deliver consistent, high-quality results.
Lead by example — through hands-on research, technical depth, and operational excellence.
Collaborate across engineering, research, and product to shape our detection logic and system intelligence.

Requirements:

Who You Are

A strong technical generalist - comfortable reasoning about systems, analyzing data, and building tools or pipelines.
Experienced with traffic analysis, protocol inspection, or large-scale data exploration.
Analytical and curious - you enjoy exploring how systems behave and uncovering patterns in complex environments.
Operationally strong - you care about efficiency, reliability, and building processes that scale.
Comfortable taking initiative and leading projects, even without formal management experience.
Eager to learn, experiment, and grow in an environment that values autonomy, creativity, and impact.

Bonus Points

Experience with Wireshark, Zeek, mitmproxy, Burp, or other traffic and security tools.
Background in security research, threat analysis, or reverse engineering.
Familiarity with AI model behaviors, LLM interactions, or protocol-level communication patterns.
Experience automating workflows or building data systems in distributed or cloud environments.

Why This Role Matters

This is a core hands-on leadership role at the intersection of engineering, data, and security.

You’ll define how our systems see and understand the world — designing the technology, processes, and insights that power our mission to secure AI.

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