Adaptive

Adaptive is a cybersecurity company that builds human security solutions for the AI era. The company unifies security awareness training, phishing simulations, agentic email security, and AI governance to protect organizations against emerging threats such as deepfakes, smishing, and AI-powered voice scams. Its platform features automated training modules, re-analyses of inbound messages to catch sophisticated attacks, and a live feed of risky prompts across corporate AI tools. Adaptive serves enterprise clients, including banks, technology companies, and healthcare organizations, helping them secure risky AI usage and rogue agents.

The open roles at Adaptive indicate that the company is building core technical and operational teams out of its New York City office. Current hiring needs include a Founding Machine Learning Engineer and a Chief of Staff who will work directly with the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer. The machine learning role focuses on building production ML systems and infrastructure from the ground up to detect and classify cybersecurity threats using large language models and machine learning models. The Chief of Staff position involves supporting the research and development organization across engineering, product, and design.

Open positions target candidates with specific experience levels, ranging from early-career professionals with one to four years of background in consulting, private equity, venture capital, or startups, to foundational engineers capable of setting technical direction and establishing new infrastructure. The available job listings specify locations in New York City, reflecting an onsite or office-based operational setup for these specific organizational functions.