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Backend Security Engineer at micro1
Backend engineers invent realistic coding challenges for AI, such as adding features or fixing bugs, and write automated checks that accept valid solutions and reject incorrect ones. A security background is valued. Interviews and assessments must be done without outside help, and contributors submit a weekly minimum of tasks.
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micro1 uses nearly the same posting for several related roles. The main page for this group is Senior Software Engineer; this page covers the Backend Security Engineer version.
What you would do
- Create realistic, challenging feature and bug-fix coding tasks for AI
- Implement deterministic verifiers that accept valid solutions and reject others
- Debug, review code and test automatically as part of task building
- Submit at least the minimum number of tasks each week
What the listing asks for
- Solid backend background in Python, Java, Go, Rust, TypeScript, Node.js or C++
- Experience shipping scalable services and APIs
- At ease with debugging, performance tuning and test automation
- Preferred: cybersecurity background such as pentesting, appsec or OWASP and CWE knowledge
- Preferred: strong algorithms, data structures and technical communication
Suits professionals who are seasoned backend developers, ideally with security experience, wanting flexible hours and output-based work.
The listing as micro1 posted it
This is micro1's public listing for the role, read October 29, 2026, with dashes and placeholder links cleaned up. The listing is micro1's text; the summary above and everything below it is ours.
Job Type: Contractor (~15 hrs a week)
Location: Remote
Schedule: Flexible, you pick the hours and days (including weekends if desired)
Job Summary: In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required - your domain knowledge is what matters.
You'll create realistic, interesting and challenging coding tasks for AI to solve involving feature implementation and bug fixes, and implement deterministic verifiers that accept reasonable valid solutions and reject everything else.
What we're looking for
- Strong backend experience in Java, Node.js, Go, Rust, Typescript, Python, C++ or similar
- A track record building scalable services and APIs
- Comfort with debugging, performance work and automated testing
- Solid code review instincts
- A cybersecurity or SecOps background is a big plus - secure coding, appsec, pentesting, vulnerability assessment, OWASP/CWE, or security-focused reviews.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proven experience in backend development, with a track record of delivering high-quality and performant projects.
- Background in cybersecurity, such as penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, or security code reviews.
- Demonstrated success in identifying and resolving software bugs and system bottlenecks.
- Experience with codebase refactoring and implementing complex features in large-scale applications.
- Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, and foundational computer science concepts.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and technical communication skills.
A note on the process: our interview and assessment stages are designed to see how you think, so we ask that you complete them without outside assistance. The same applies once you're on the project - the value of the work comes from your own judgment.
Process
- Apply to the role, filling out the screening questions
- Complete AI Interview (approx. 30 minutes)
- Technical Assessment (Tentative)
- Hiring Manager review
Compensation Structure
Compensation is output-based; experts are paid per task that meets the project specifications. The time required to complete work may vary depending on the expert’s experience and workflow. Minimum submission requirements apply. Experts must submit a minimum of tasks per week.
Start Timeline & Availability
We typically fill roles within 48 hours and are looking for experts ready to jump in right away. If selected, we expect you to start your first tasks within 24-48 hours of completing onboarding.
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Pay and terms
The listing does not state a rate for this role. micro1's expert guide describes pay in bands by type of work rather than per role, so treat any figure you see elsewhere as unconfirmed until it appears in your contract.
micro1 engages experts as contractors. Its help library says payments are made in USD twice a month and that contracts and payroll run through Deel. Payments cannot be processed until identity verification there is complete. Read our micro1 review for what workers say about project availability and support.
Before you apply
Engineering listings usually ask for years of professional experience, and some ask for a public code history such as open-source commits. Have your profile or repositories ready to link.
Applying starts with an AI interview, then certification, then matching to projects by recruiters. micro1 says certification does not guarantee a project, so treat this as flexible work and not as a job offer. The how to become an AI trainer guide walks through each step.
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People also ask
Google shows few related questions for this exact role, so the first questions below come from searches for "security engineer jobs remote".
How to make $80,000 a year working from home?
This site cannot show a way to reach a set annual amount and gives no general income figures. This micro1 listing is remote contract work of about 15 hours a week, paid per task that meets project specifications, with a minimum number of tasks per week. It states no rate, so a yearly total cannot be derived, and hours are not guaranteed.
How much does a security engineer get paid?
This site does not publish market salary data for security engineers and gives no general figure. This micro1 listing states no rate. Pay is output-based, meaning experts receive a payment for each task that satisfies the project specifications, and the time each task takes varies by expert. Listings describe a project, not what any individual earns.
Can you make $500,000 a year in cyber security?
We cannot confirm figures like that, because this site publishes no general salary data for cyber security. For this micro1 role, the listing states no rate and describes about 15 hours a week of flexible contract work paid per task. That structure makes it project income, not a salary, and ongoing work is not guaranteed.
How much does the Backend Security Engineer role at micro1 pay?
The listing does not state a rate for this role, so we cannot give a figure. micro1's expert guide describes pay in bands by type of work rather than per role. Ask during onboarding, and read the contract before you accept work.
Is the Backend Security Engineer role remote?
The listing calls it remote work and does not name a country limit. micro1 says it hires globally but cannot hire in a list of excluded countries, so read the eligibility line on the listing and in your application before you start.
How do I apply for the Backend Security Engineer role?
Open the listing on micro1's site and apply there. Applying starts with an AI interview, followed by certification and matching to projects by recruiters. micro1 says certification does not guarantee a project. Our how to become an AI trainer guide covers each step.
Is this listing still open?
We read micro1's public listing on October 29, 2026. Roles close without notice, so confirm on the listing itself. If it has closed, the other software engineering roles on this site are linked below.
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Sources and method
- micro1 public job listing for this role, read October 29, 2026. The summary, task and requirement lines are our paraphrase of that listing.
- The questions under People also ask: Google's related questions for this kind of role in the United States, as reported by Ahrefs, pulled October 29, 2026. Answers are ours, written from the listing and from our own sourced micro1 pages.
- micro1 help library and expert guide for payment timing and the hiring steps, read 17 October 2026.
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