Application Security Research Engineer
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Application Security Research Engineer leading researchers and ethical hackers. Driving penetration testing, exploit discovery, fuzzing, and AI-assisted product security for software products.
Responsibilities:
- Build and lead a team of security researchers and penetration testers
- Help reshape company Product Security
- Plan and execute advanced penetration testing campaigns
- Develop tools and frameworks for scalable security testing and fuzzing
- Lead security innovation by building and managing penetration testing tools and AI agents
- Analyze vulnerabilities, perform root cause analysis, and develop proofs of concept
- Identify systemic product weaknesses and help define long-term mitigations
- Collaborate with engineering teams to reproduce, triage, and fix vulnerabilities
- Contribute to security research publications, CVE submissions, and industry knowledge sharing
- Continuously evolve internal testing capabilities using modern tooling and AI-assisted approaches
Requirements:
- Proven 2+ years of experience in leading application security research teams (SaaS or software company)
- 7+ years of experience in research and penetration testing
- Strong coding skills and deep technical understanding of web, API, cloud-native, and backend technologies
- AI and LLM penetration testing knowledge and experience
- Experience with penetration testing tools (Burp Suite, Metasploit, etc.) and custom security tools development
- Familiarity with modern architectures, including cloud, microservices, containers, and Kubernetes
- Familiarity with secure software architecture and typical attack vectors
- Demonstrated ability to lead security testing engagements and report technical findings effectively
- Knowledge and hands-on experience with SSDLC tools and CI/CD pipelines
Benefits:
- No benefits or compensation extras are specified
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