Malware Research Engineer (Cybersecurity)

Location: Ghent, Belgium

Company

hirify.global builds developer-first security products designed to reduce software risk through automation.

What you will do

• Research and reverse engineer malware using Binary Ninja, dynamic analysis, and endpoint telemetry.
• Create, test, and maintain YARA, Sigma, and behavioral detection rules.
• Translate research findings into detections covering files, processes, persistence, memory, identity, and network activity.
• Build agents that triage samples, use analysis tools, extract behavior, propose detections, and validate results.
• Develop investigation workflows that correlate endpoint events, test hypotheses, and reconstruct incidents.
• Help define EDR architecture and research direction while collaborating with engineering to ship capabilities.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience in malware analysis, threat research, or detection engineering.
• Experience with Binary Ninja or comparable reverse-engineering tools.
• Experience creating and validating YARA, Sigma, or similar detection rules.
• Strong programming and automation skills, with knowledge of executable formats, operating-system concepts, and malware techniques.
• Familiarity with endpoint telemetry and its use in detection and investigation.
• Ability to deconstruct manual research workflows and automate them from first principles.

Nice to have

• Experience automating Binary Ninja through its APIs.
• Experience building EDR, antivirus, sandboxing, threat-hunting, or incident-investigation systems.
• Knowledge of packers, obfuscation, process injection, memory forensics, or anti-analysis techniques.
• Experience with AI agents or LLM-based workflows, endpoint data collection, detection pipelines, or detection-as-code.
• Published security research or open-source security tooling.

Culture & Benefits

• High ownership, short decision lines, and fast product delivery.
• Flexibility in working hours.
• Top-tier technology compensation and equity.
• Open, informal environment with strong values and high trust.