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Application Security Research Engineer

COMMIT

remote globalPosted Jul 14, 2026
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About the role

We're a global leader in software supply chain management, trusted by thousands of customers including the majority of Fortune 100 companies to manage, accelerate, and secure their software delivery from code to production.

We're looking for an Application Security Research Engineer to join a team of researchers and ethical hackers focused on offensive security testing, automated exploit discovery, and advanced application security research. This hands-on role emphasizes offensive security, code exploitation, automation, and innovation - directly shaping our product security posture and scaling secure-by-design principles.

Responsibilities:

Help to reshape company Product Security

Plan and execute advanced penetration testing campaigns.

Develop tools and frameworks for scalable security testing and fuzzing.

Lead Security innovation by building and managing penetration testing tools \ AI Agents

Analyze vulnerabilities, perform root cause analysis, and develop proofs of concept.

Identify systemic product weaknesses and help define long-term mitigations.

Collaborate with engineering teams to reproduce, triage, and fix vulnerabilities.

Contribute to security research publications, CVE submissions, and industry knowledge sharing.

Continuously evolve internal testing capabilities using modern tooling and AI-assisted approaches.

Requirements:

Requirements

5+ year experience in Research and penetration testing.

Strong coding skills and deep technical understanding of web, API, cloud-native, and backend technologies.

AI and LLM Penetration testing knowldge and Experience

Experience with penetration testing tools (Burp Suite, Metasploit, etc.) and Custom Security Tools development.

Familiarity with modern architectures (e.g., Cloud, microservices, containers, Kubernetes).

Familiarity with secure software architecture and typical attack vectors.

Demonstrated ability to lead security testing engagements and report technical findings effectively.

Experience building or integrating automated PT or fuzzing pipelines is a strong advantage.

Knowledge and hands-on experience with SSDLC tools and CI/CD pipelines,

Publications or open-source contributions in the security domain are a plus.

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