Remote Offensive Security Researcher

Hatch; Australia; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 210,000; Part time

Job summary

Hatch is seeking highly accomplished Cybersecurity Research Experts to evaluate AI systems in security reasoning, vulnerability analysis, exploit development, and secure software engineering. This fully remote independent contractor role emphasizes offensive security research and public contributions.

Ideal candidates will have experience with CTFs, CVEs, bug bounties, and publications, plus strong skills in exploitation, reverse engineering, and cryptography.

Qualifications

• Ideal Background items include: multiple credentials such as CTF achievements, CVE findings, bug bounty recognition, or security lab/research group work.
• Publications or conference papers in security fields are highly valued.
• Strong understanding of exploit development, reverse engineering, binary analysis, vulnerability research, OS, networks, web security, or cryptography.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate AI-generated analyses of cybersecurity scenarios, exploits, and vulnerability reports.
• Review technical writeups for correctness, exploitability, and mitigation quality.
• Validate vulnerability root-cause analysis across software, OS, networking, cloud, and web applications.

Skills

Exploit development

Reverse engineering

Binary analysis

Web security

Cryptography

Programming in C/C++

Python

Excellent written communication

Tools

IDA Pro

Ghidra

Binary Ninja

Radare2

Job description

Hatch is seeking highly accomplished Cybersecurity Research Experts to evaluate AI systems in security reasoning, vulnerability analysis, exploit development, and secure software engineering. This fully remote independent contractor role emphasizes offensive security research and public contributions.

Ideal candidates will have experience with CTFs, CVEs, bug bounties, and publications, plus strong skills in exploitation, reverse engineering, and cryptography.