Threat Researcher
Core
Drive end-to-end research to identify emerging threats, CVEs, and misconfigurations, assessing real-world exploitability and customer impact for cloud and AI security products.
Role type
Senior IC threat researcher (cloud & AI security)
Builds
AI-driven detection capabilities, detection rules, and scanning logic for exposed assets
Domain
Cloud security, AI security, vulnerability research
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
security research, red-teaming, penetration testing, incident response, vulnerability research, network security, application security, TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, web technologies, API security, Python, Bash, vulnerability scanner development, detection rule writing, automated validation tooling
Preferred skills
cloud environment development (AWS, Azure, GCP), Kubernetes, containers, CI/CD, AI-assisted development tools, network scanning tools (Burp Suite, nmap, Metasploit, Nuclei), published security research, open-source security tooling contributions
Technologies
Python, Bash, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Burp Suite, nmap, Metasploit, Nuclei
Responsibilities
Research emerging threats, CVEs, and misconfigurations to assess real-world exploitability and customer impact; Design, build, and test detection rules and scanning logic for exposed and vulnerable assets; Build automations to validate, benchmark, and monitor AI-driven detection capabilities at scale; Investigate cloud services, frameworks, and commonly deployed technologies to uncover new attack surfaces; Analyze large-scale scan results to identify and prioritize meaningful risks; Drive research projects end-to-end, from initial idea to production-ready detection; Collaborate closely with Product and R&D teams to transform research findings and attack methodologies into impactful product capabilities
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
