Ethereum Foundation opens role for AI security researcher

Ethereum Foundation is recruiting a protocol security researcher to use artificial intelligence, fuzz testing, and manual audits to find vulnerabilities across Ethereum’s core infrastructure. Summary The researcher will examine Ethereum’s execution, consensus, networking, specifications, and client software. Responsibilities include AI-assisted vulnerability mining, hard fork reviews, fuzzing, audits, and disclosure coordination. The global remote opening follows the Foundation’s decision to cut 54 roles during a broader restructuring. Ethereum’s security team recently confirmed that its AI agents had identified real protocol bugs. Ethereum security role covers the full protocol According to the job posting, the researcher will join the Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol Security team and investigate weaknesses across several parts of the network. The work covers the execution layer, which processes transactions and smart contracts, and the consensus layer, which coordinates validators. It also extends to Ethereum’s peer-to-peer network, technical specifications, and the client programs that implement protocol rules. Key responsibilities include developing fuzzing tools, reviewing chan...