Autonomous Vulnerability Research (Harness Engineering) Lead

End DateFriday 14 August 2026Salary Range£92,701 - £109,060We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working optionsFlexible Working OptionsHybrid Working, Job ShareJob Description Summary.Job DescriptionJOB TITLE: Autonomous Vulnerability Research (Harness Engineering)SALARY: Non-London Locations: £92,701-£119,966London: £107,304-£138,864LOCATION(S): Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, Manchester, LondonHOURS: Full-timeWORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites About this opportunityWe're establishing a new Autonomous Vulnerability Research (Harness Engineering) Team with a strong mission: to build the Group's agentic vulnerability research platform, enabling AI-powered vulnerability discovery, exploit validation, risk prioritisation, and remediation verification at unprecedented scale and speed.This team will sit at the intersection of offensive security, artificial intelligence, software engineering, and security research. By employing frontier AI models, autonomous agents, testing frameworks, and sophisticated security tooling, the team will create a continuously evolving capability that accelerates vulnerability research, strengthens defensive resilience, and enables the Group to remain ahead of rapidly changing threat landscapes.As the Autonomous Vulnerability Research (Harness Engineering) Lead, you will define the vision, recruit and grow a multidisciplinary engineering team, and own the development of the Group's AI-powered vulnerability research platform. You will shape how offensive security is delivered in the future by combining autonomous systems with human guidance to create a scalable, resilient, and continually improving security capability. What you’ll be doing:Build and own the Autonomous Vulnerability Research (Harness Engineering) Team, defining strategy, operating model, standards, and roadmap.Design and deliver LBG's agentic vulnerability research harness and supporting platform services.Develop autonomous workflows for vulnerability discovery, validation, prioritisation, remediation recommendation, and remediation verification.Integrate frontier AI models, security tooling, and engineering workflows into a scalable research platform.Establish evaluation, observability, governance, and safety controls to ensure credible outcomes.Partner with Offensive Security, AI Security, Engineering, and Architecture teams to operationalise research and accelerate remediation.Drive innovation in AI-assisted vulnerability research and ensure the capability remains aligned to emerging industry practices. Why join us?From building a truly sustainable business to creating a place where people love to work, we need colleagues who are up for the challenge and can match our pace. People who love to push boundaries, make change happen and challenge the status quo. Sound like you? What we’re looking for:...