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Principal Security Researcher (Malware Research - Anti-Virus Systems)

Santa Clara, United States of America💼 Full-time💰 $172,100–$172,100🗓 2026-09-18 → 2026-09-25

Core

Develop automated anti-virus signature generation and delivery systems for Next Generation Firewalls, focusing on new file formats and novel malware detection features.

Role type

Principal Security Researcher (Malware Research - Anti-Virus Systems)

Builds

24/7 automated anti-virus signature generation and delivery system

Domain

Cybersecurity, Malware Analysis, Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Reverse engineering, Malware analysis, Python, Golang, Operating systems, Algorithms, Networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP), Linux troubleshooting, Cloud development (AWS, GCP), Data pipeline systems

Preferred skills

File format analysis (PE, Office, PDF), Containerization (Docker), Message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ), Search engines (Elastic-Search), Databases (MySQL, SQLite, Redis), AI implementation in security

Technologies

Python, Golang, Docker, Elastic-Search, Kafka, RabbitMQ, MySQL, SQLite, Redis, AWS, GCP

Responsibilities

Develop new features for automated anti-virus signature generation and delivery system, Research and implement signature algorithms for new file formats, Research and develop novel security and malware detection features, Research on and publish about innovations & emerging security trends

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC

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