Remote Ad Fraud Researcher & Security Analyst

Pixalate, Inc; Lahore; Remote; PKR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Pixalate is hiring a Security Analyst / Ad Fraud Researcher to find, reverse-engineer and expose fraud schemes targeting mobile apps and Connected TV (CTV). You’ll treat ad fraud like malware research: collect samples, analyze behavior, and translate findings into detection logic for IVT/SIVT pipelines.

You’ll join the Threat Research team to collaborate with Data Science, Engineering and Product, publishing threat reports and briefing clients and press as needed.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in threat research, malware analysis or security analysis at a security vendor, SOC or research lab.
• Hands-on malware analysis: sandboxing, static and dynamic analysis, and reading decompiled or obfuscated code.
• Working knowledge of Android internals and app analysis tools (e.g. jadx, apktool, Frida, MobSF, Ghidra).
• Network traffic analysis (Wireshark, mitmproxy, Burp) and spotting automated or anomalous traffic.
• SQL and a scripting language such as Python for analyzing large datasets.
• Track record of turning research into product intelligence: signatures, blocklists, classifiers or rules.
• Strong writing and presenting skills, with published blogs, reports or talks for technical and business audiences.

Responsibilities

• Hunt mobile ad fraud: analyze Android and iOS apps (APKs/IPAs) for hidden ads, ad stacking, click injection, SDK spoofing, background ad loading and malicious ad SDKs
• Investigate CTV fraud: uncover SSAI spoofing, device and app-bundle spoofing, emulator/server-side bot traffic, and fake CTV inventory sold programmatically
• Reverse-engineer samples: use static and dynamic analysis to understand how fraudulent apps, SDKs and botnets behave, and document their traffic signatures
• Turn research into detection: write rules, signatures and indicators for Pixalate’s IVT pipelines, and validate them against impression-level data at scale
• Map the supply chain: trace fraud through app-ads.txt, sellers.json, SupplyChain objects and bid-stream data to identify the resellers and publishers behind it
• Track threat actors: follow fraud operations over time, link campaigns to infrastructure, and monitor underground forums and app stores for new schemes
• Publish and present: write blog posts, threat reports and research briefs; speak at industry events, webinars, and with press and clients
• Support customers: help Customer Success and Sales explain findings to advertisers, DSPs, SSPs and platforms, and assist with escalated investigations

Skills

Threat research

Malware analysis

Android internals

Network traffic analysis

Python

SQL

Product intelligence

Communication skills

Tools

jadx

apktool

Frida

MobSF

Ghidra

Wireshark

mitmproxy

Burp

Job description

Pixalate is hiring a Security Analyst / Ad Fraud Researcher to find, reverse-engineer and expose fraud schemes targeting mobile apps and Connected TV (CTV). You’ll treat ad fraud like malware research: collect samples, analyze behavior, and translate findings into detection logic for IVT/SIVT pipelines.

You’ll join the Threat Research team to collaborate with Data Science, Engineering and Product, publishing threat reports and briefing clients and press as needed.