CareerPlan

Security Researcher

Braga, PortugalFull-time2026-10-06 → 2026-11-09

Core

Research application security, AI security, and emerging technologies to improve Checkmarx's AST products (SAST, SCA, DAST) and detection logic.

Role type

Senior IC application security researcher

Builds

Security detection rules, logic, and improvements for SAST, SCA, and DAST products

Domain

Application security, software supply chain, AI security

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Application security expertise, secure code review, vulnerability analysis, programming in interpreted and compiled languages, independent learning

Preferred skills

Web application penetration testing, secure development

Technologies

SAST, SCA, DAST, AST

Responsibilities

Research security facets of programming languages and frameworks, analyze code for vulnerabilities, devise improvements for detection capabilities, support developers on security topics, share knowledge and mentor peers