CareerPlan

Sr Staff Security Researcher (AI-Assisted Vulnerability Research)

Santa Clara, United States of AmericaFull-time$140k–$226k2026-06-08 → 2026-11-12
Hybrid · United States

Core

Design, build, and improve AI/security harnesses for discovering, validating, and reporting high-impact vulnerabilities in real-world software and open-source projects.

Role type

Sr Staff Security Researcher (AI-assisted vulnerability research)

Builds

AI/security harnesses, validation pipelines, reproducible research experiments, and security automation workflows.

Domain

Cybersecurity, AI/ML, Reverse Engineering, Fuzzing

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Vulnerability research, Reverse engineering, Fuzzing, Exploit development, Program analysis, Security automation, LLM/AI agent integration, Static/dynamic analysis, Root-cause analysis, Patch analysis

Preferred skills

PhD in CS/Cybersecurity/AI/ML, Building AI agent harnesses, Handling real vulnerabilities end-to-end, Knowledge of Web/OS/Cloud/Supply Chain security, High-impact maintainer relationships

Technologies

LLMs, AI agents, Fuzzing frameworks, Static analysis tools, Dynamic analysis tools, Reverse engineering tools

Responsibilities

Design and build AI/security harnesses for vulnerability discovery; Produce high-quality research artifacts including CVEs, technical reports, and open-source tools; Conduct deep technical analysis including reverse engineering and exploitability assessment; Build reusable research infrastructure and validation oracles; Analyze large-scale harness outputs to identify new research opportunities; Use automation to improve quality, speed, and coverage of research workflows.

Seniority

Sr Staff, hands-on IC with strategic impact