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Senior Security Researcher

Santa Clara, United States of America💼 Full-time💰 $139,600–$139,600🗓 2026-06-05 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior Security Researcher conducting vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and exploit development while leveraging AI/LLMs to build autonomous security systems.

Role type

Senior IC security researcher (AI/ML focused)

Builds

AI-guided fuzzers, agent harnesses, and autonomous agentic workflows for vulnerability discovery and validation

Domain

Cybersecurity, Offensive Security, AI/ML in Security

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

vulnerability research, reverse engineering, fuzzing, exploit development, root-cause analysis, penetration testing, modern OS knowledge, network protocols, application security

Preferred skills

LLM application, Reinforcement Learning, OT/IoT security, Web Security, OS & Kernel Security, Software Supply Chain Security, Browser Security, security research publications, model training/evaluation, agent harness development

Technologies

LLMs, Reinforcement Learning, fuzzing tools, static/dynamic analysis tools

Responsibilities

Conduct advanced vulnerability research, reverse engineering, fuzzing, and exploit development; Leverage LLMs and ML to automate bug hunting; Use AI agents for PoC generation and validation; Design and deploy AI-guided fuzzers and autonomous workflows; Develop agent harnesses for discovery and validation; Publish research and contribute CVEs

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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