Vulnerability Researcher — Exploit Discovery & Reverse Engineering

Searchability; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday plus bank holidays, +

Job summary

Searchability in Cheltenham, UK is seeking a Vulnerability Researcher to join a team working on challenging security projects. You will investigate software, systems and devices to identify vulnerabilities and understand exploitation paths.

The role covers reverse engineering, OS internals, exploitation techniques and low-level analysis, with potential work on networks, embedded platforms and hardware debugging depending on background. Hybrid working three days onsite.

Qualifications

• Experience with reverse engineering tools such as IDA Pro or Ghidra.
• Knowledge of vulnerability research, bug hunting or ethical hacking.
• Understanding of exploitation techniques and mitigations.
• Knowledge of Linux and operating system internals.
• Familiarity with C or C++.
• Knowledge of architectures such as ARM, AARCH64, x86 or x64.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Investigate complex software, systems and devices to identify vulnerabilities and understand exploitation paths.
• Work across areas including reverse engineering, OS internals, exploitation techniques and low-level software analysis.
• Depending on background, collaborate on network protocols, mobile platforms, embedded systems and hardware debugging.

Skills

Reverse engineering

Vulnerability research

Bug hunting

Exploit techniques

Linux internals

C/C++

Architecture: ARM/AARCH64/x86

Analytical thinking

Tools

IDA Pro

Ghidra

Job description

Searchability in Cheltenham, UK is seeking a Vulnerability Researcher to join a team working on challenging security projects. You will investigate software, systems and devices to identify vulnerabilities and understand exploitation paths.

The role covers reverse engineering, OS internals, exploitation techniques and low-level analysis, with potential work on networks, embedded platforms and hardware debugging depending on background. Hybrid working three days onsite.