Senior Security Researcher
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Senior Security Researcher | £90–100k |
Primarily remote - 1 day a month in London
We’re working with a high-growth cybersecurity product business looking to hire a Senior Security Researcher to join a specialist research team focused on cutting-edge threats and defensive capabilities.
This is a deeply technical role, ideal for someone who enjoys getting into the detail across malware, exploitation, and security research, while helping shape how products defend against real-world attacks.
It's not a typical blue team or red team role, it's a research-heavy position where you'll investigate real-world threats, build PoCs, and publish findings. They want someone who can operate independently, think like an attacker, but ultimately strengthen defensive capability
The role:
- Conduct deep-dive security research across threats, malware and attack techniques
- Perform static and dynamic analysis, reverse engineering, and PoC development
- Explore vulnerabilities, test exploitability, and design defensive solutions
- Work across research, engineering and product teams as a technical SME
- Produce high-quality technical write-ups, reports and whitepapers
- Present findings internally and externally (incl. conferences where relevant)
- Contribute to AI/agentic approaches to security research and analysis
What they’re looking for:
- Strong background in security research, malware analysis, or offensive security
- Hands-on experience with static and dynamic analysis tooling
- Solid coding ability (Python, C# or C++)
- Ability to take a problem from research → PoC → solution
- Comfortable working independently and owning research projects
- Strong communication skills — able to explain complex findings clearly
Nice to have:
- Reverse engineering experience
- Red team / pen testing background
- Exposure to threat intelligence or threat hunting
- Experience with AI tooling in security research
- Industry certifications (CREST, OSCP, GIAC etc.)
Why join?
- Highly technical, research-led environment
- Real-world impact on product security and threat defence
- Backed for growth and scaling
- £90–100k + package
- Hybrid working with flexibility
If you’re interested, drop me a message or apply directly — happy to share more detail.