Staff Security Researcher

TL;DR

Staff Security Researcher (Open Source): Finding and reporting critical vulnerabilities in open source projects with an accent on high-impact research, tool-building, and maintainer coordination. Focus on leveraging AI for vulnerability discovery, leading industry thought leadership through blogs and conferences, and mentoring the team on emerging threats.

Remote, United States

USD $140,400 - $372,300 / year

Company

World’s leading AI-powered developer platform used by 180 million developers for collaboration and secure software delivery.

What you will do

• Conduct high-impact security research on critical areas, current attacks, and academic literature.
• Build and publish tools to secure open source based on research findings.
• Prioritize security issues with biggest impact on open source and hirify.global users.
• Share expertise via workshops, blogs, conferences, and maintainer support.
• Solicit customer input and influence internal priorities across teams.

Requirements

• Personally credited with finding one or more high/critical severity CVEs.
• Published blog posts on security topics or presented at security conferences.
• 10+ years in security research, cybersecurity, analysis, engineering, or software development (or equivalent with degree).
• Must be eligible to work in the United States.

Nice to have

• Track record of high-impact vulnerabilities in open source.
• Main-stage presentations at top security conferences.
• Experience using AI for vulnerability detection or AI vulnerabilities like prompt injection.
• 14+ years relevant experience (or equivalent).
• Experience with hirify.global or open source software.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first with competitive pay, annual bonus, stock, and sales incentives where applicable.
• Generous learning and growth opportunities.
• Excellent benefits supporting work-life balance wherever you are.
• Culture of developer empathy, transparency, inclusive collaboration, curiosity, and impact.
• Values: customer-obsessed, growth mindset, diverse and inclusive.