Staff Security Researcher
Location: Remote
Compensation: To Be Discussed
Reviewed: Tue, Sep 15, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
Hands-on and detail-driven, the full-time Staff Security Researcher will create detection rules, research novel vulnerabilities, and collaborate across teams to enhance application security, all while working remotely.
Key responsibilities
- Create new detection rules to improve malware and vulnerability detection accuracy
- Research and develop proof-of-concept attacks for modern web applications and APIs
- Collaborate with engineering and product teams to ensure operational effectiveness of research outputs
Required qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in offensive security or application security research
- Broad knowledge of programming languages, especially JavaScript, with Python as a plus
- Deep understanding of vulnerability classifications and exploitation methodologies
- Experience designing testing frameworks and evaluation harnesses for security tooling
- Fluency with offensive tooling and familiarity with cloud platforms and CI/CD security
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