Your Mission

Join Hoxhunt and help build security training that reflects real-world threats and real human behavior. As a Junior Social Engineer, your mission is to transform real and emerging social engineering threats into user-friendly, behaviorally driven training.

Sitting at the intersection of security, psychology, and communication, you help convert real attack techniques into training that is educational, realistic, and psychologically safe for end-users. Your work ensures our content reflects the real threat landscape while remaining accessible, inclusive, and impactful — and mirrors how attacks actually happen and how people really learn to stop them.

Your Role

The Junior Social Engineer supports the Content team, working hands-on with social engineering simulations and security awareness training content used by millions of end-users worldwide.

You help bridge real-world threats with effective, high-quality learning experiences through hands-on content creation and iteration. This is a part-time student role (approximately two days per week), designed to support learning through mentorship, feedback, and gradually increasing responsibility.

What You’ll Do

Modern Social Engineering Simulations

• Create and iterate social engineering simulation templates based on real-world attack campaigns and emerging threats

• Adapt modern attacker tradecraft — including phishing, smishing, vishing, and deepfakes — into training content that is realistic, ethical, and psychologically safe for end-users

• Support both platform-driven simulations and customer-requested custom simulations

Security Awareness Training

• Assist with the creation and refinement of security awareness training content

• Help ensure training content is clear, engaging, and focused on practical user behavior

• Support updates and improvements to existing training based on feedback or new threats

What We’re Looking For

• Currently enrolled student (e.g. cybersecurity, psychology, communications, IT, or a related field)

• Strong interest in phishing, social engineering, and human behavior

• Good English skills

• Good written communication skills and strong attention to detail

• Curiosity about attacker techniques and user decision-making

• Ability to take feedback and iterate thoughtfully

• Responsible mindset when working with realistic attack material

Bonus Points If You Also:

• Have basic familiarity with phishing simulations or security awareness training

• Enjoy writing, copy adaptation, or storytelling

• Have an interest in behavioral science, psychology, or persuasion

Why Join Hoxhunt?

At Hoxhunt, we don’t just build software — we build behavior change on a global scale. With a world-class product and over 50% year-on-year growth, we help companies create a culture of cybersecurity, one employee at a time.

We don’t stop at training employees. We analyze real threats, remediate incidents, and help security teams stay ahead of attackers. To make this happen, our operations and content must constantly evolve — and that’s where you come in.

We operate by three principles: courage to take initiative, hunger for feedback, and succeeding together. If you are seeking professional and personal growth in a purpose-driven company, we might be the perfect choice.

Location, Contract and Salary Range

Onsite or hybrid — your call. The team often prefers to work together from our Helsinki (Ruoholahti) office, and we hope to see you there.

Your starting salary is 14 €/hour, reviewed based on performance.

Working hours are 15–25 hours per week, with working days and number of hours flexible to your preference week-to-week. Additional hours for holiday periods are negotiable.

The initial contract is fixed-term (9 to 12 months, your choice), during which we will together define your future path within the company.

Our Recruitment Process

• Phone discussion with your potential future team lead (30 minutes)

• Teams meeting with your potential future team lead and a colleague (30 minutes)

• Home assignment and live walkthrough (~60 minutes solo + 60 minutes live)

• Reference checks

Ready to Apply?

If you’re interested, please send us your CV and cover letter.

We will process applications once the application period ends on January 23rd, with the intent to interview and proceed with potential candidates as soon as possible. So don’t hesitate to send your application.

Hoxhunt in a Nutshell

Hoxhunt was founded in 2016 by four visionaries. Today we are a team of +200 amazing hoxhunters advancing one of the hottest scale-up companies in the human risk management category, with locations in Finland, Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom. Hoxhunt is one of the fastest growing software companies in Finland, premiering in the Deloitte Fast 50 rankings for three consecutive years.

Hoxhunt educates employees on how to protect themselves and their employers against malicious cyberattacks. Our core belief is that the best way to do this is through frequent, personalized, and behavior-changing cybersecurity training. We have been featured in CIO Magazine, Forbes, Inc., EU-Startups, and many more publications.

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