CareerPlan

Offensive Research Vulnerability Researcher

USAFull-time$49k–$79k2026-11-08 → 2026-11-09

Core

Design and deliver risk-driven offensive security tests, simulations, and vulnerability research to strengthen cybersecurity and resiliency for a major financial institution.

Role type

Senior IC offensive vulnerability researcher (exploit development)

Builds

Proof-of-concept exploits, risk assessments, and remediation advice for operating systems, mobile devices, web applications, and enterprise software.

Domain

Financial services cybersecurity and resiliency

Required skills

Vulnerability research, exploit development, reverse engineering, static and dynamic code analysis, fuzzing, binary instrumentation, memory-safety auditing, threat intelligence

Preferred skills

Fuzzer development, kernel/low-level OS development, embedded-platform emulation, advanced exploitation techniques (use-after-free, type-confusion)

Technologies

ARM, Android, GNU, Java, Linux, LLVM, macOS, Mobile, OWASP, Security, Web, Windows, iOS, ASP.NET, C++, Flow

Responsibilities

Design and deliver penetration tests, technical-controls assessments, and cyber exercises; reverse engineer binaries to discover attack surfaces; analyze N-day vulnerabilities and validate patches; produce findings and risk assessments to support patch prioritization.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC