Senior Vulnerability Researcher: Bug Hunting & RE

Hackajob Ltd; Swindon; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical

Pension

Annual bonus

Cycle-to-work

Team events

Healthy snacks

Job summary

CoreTech is hiring a vulnerability researcher to join our world-class team of developers and researchers in the UK. You will tackle challenging security research tasks, reverse engineer binaries, and develop novel tools to expose and remediate vulnerabilities across platforms.

The role demands a passion for cyber security, a curiosity to solve hard problems, and a track record in bug hunting and vulnerability research. Collaboration with engineers and researchers is essential.

Qualifications

• Reverse engineering in IDA Pro or Ghidra.
• Familiarity with ARM, AARCH64, x86, x64 and MIPS.
• Knowledge of bug hunting / vulnerability research.
• Ethical hacking, including familiarity with web/network technologies.
• Knowledge of exploitation techniques and mitigations.
• Experience with Android or iOS and its internals.
• Good understanding of C or C++ language.

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of how Android mobile devices work, from applications to kernel.
• Reverse engineer proprietary binaries using your knowledge of ARM, ARM64, and MIPS.
• Audit C and C++ source code, spotting security flaws that others haven't.
• Grow the team's capabilities by developing novel tools and techniques for vulnerability research.
• Work with other vulnerability researchers and software engineers.
• Design and produce niche solutions with real-world impact.

Skills

Bug hunting

Ethical hacking

Reverse engineering

Cyber security

Tools

IDA Pro

Ghidra

Linux

Android

iOS

Job description

CoreTech is hiring a vulnerability researcher to join our world-class team of developers and researchers in the UK. You will tackle challenging security research tasks, reverse engineer binaries, and develop novel tools to expose and remediate vulnerabilities across platforms.

The role demands a passion for cyber security, a curiosity to solve hard problems, and a track record in bug hunting and vulnerability research. Collaboration with engineers and researchers is essential.