Senior Research Engineer (Cybersecurity)

Location: Hybrid/on-site at hirify.global headquarters in Columbia, Maryland, or Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Applicants must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer; visa sponsorship is not available.

Salary: $122,500–$163,166.67 USD base pay annually, plus eligibility for variable compensation.

Company

hirify.global provides exposure management and cybersecurity solutions used by organizations, enterprises, and government agencies worldwide.

What you will do

• Monitor the threat landscape and research the impact of emerging and existing vulnerabilities.
• Coordinate end-to-end security response for high-profile events, including stakeholder briefings, product coverage, public relations, and community communications.
• Write technical blogs, whitepapers, advisories, conference presentations, and webinars, and respond to media and customer inquiries.
• Automate the discovery and triage of security events using open-source channels, vendor advisories, and internal telemetry.
• Design data-driven frameworks for development and vulnerability-coverage prioritization with Research leadership.
• Build dashboards, analytical workflows, and contextual intelligence that support product and business decisions.

Requirements

• Ability to work in a hybrid/on-site capacity at the Columbia, MD or Boston, MA headquarters.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Operations Research, or a related discipline, or 5+ years of equivalent professional experience.
• 4+ years of programming and scripting experience with Python, SQL, or comparable technologies.
• Strong knowledge of security vulnerabilities, CVSS scoring, vulnerability detection, exploitation techniques, classification methodologies, and infrastructure fundamentals.
• Experience with data analytics and business intelligence tools such as Tableau, plus Python data-science tools including Jupyter and pandas; familiarity with Shodan and Censys.
• Ability to produce technical research content, present findings to technical and non-technical audiences, manage multiple workstreams, and coordinate across distributed teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with security response, incident coordination, or vulnerability disclosure processes.
• Background in exposure management, threat intelligence, or CTEM program support.
• Experience building automated data pipelines or integrating intelligence feeds.
• Public speaking experience at security conferences such as BSides, RSA, or Black Hat.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, cross-functional environment focused on cybersecurity innovation and operational excellence.
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement savings with company match, employee stock purchase plan, and flexible spending accounts.
• Education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays.
• Employee assistance, health and wellness events, community programs, and referral benefits.