Cybersecurity Research Expert — Offensive Security (Remote)

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 276.000 - 344.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Mercor is seeking a Cybersecurity Research Expert in Offensive Security and Vulnerability Research. This remote, contract role requires working on AI-assisted security analyses, verifying exploit chains and providing mitigations.

Ideal candidates have strong CVE history, top-tier CTF credentials, and publication records. Experience with security labs or academic groups and proficiency in languages like C/C++, Rust, Python, Go or Java is preferred.

Qualifikationen

• Member of a top-ranked Capture The Flag (CTF) team with demonstrated competitive achievements.
• Discoverer or co-author of CVEs affecting widely used open-source or commercial software.
• Publicly recognised bug bounty researcher with findings accepted by major programs (e.g., Google, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, GitHub, Mozilla, Chromium, Kubernetes, Linux Foundation, etc.).
• Research experience at a well-respected security laboratory or academic research group.
• Author of high-quality security research publications, conference papers, or widely cited technical writeups.
• Strong understanding of exploit development, reverse engineering, binary analysis, vulnerability research, operating systems, networks, web security, or cryptography.

Aufgaben

• Evaluate AI-generated analyses of complex cybersecurity scenarios, exploits, and vulnerability reports.
• Review technical writeups for correctness, exploitability, and mitigation quality.
• Validate vulnerability root-cause analysis across software, operating systems, networking, cloud, and web applications.
• Provide structured feedback on security reasoning, exploit chains, and defensive recommendations.
• Contribute to benchmark development for advanced AI security capabilities.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Kenntnisse

Exploit development

Reverse engineering

Binary analysis

Vulnerability research

Operating systems

Networks

Web security

Cryptography

Tools

IDA Pro

Ghidra

Binary Ninja

Radare2

Jobbeschreibung

Mercor is seeking a Cybersecurity Research Expert in Offensive Security and Vulnerability Research. This remote, contract role requires working on AI-assisted security analyses, verifying exploit chains and providing mitigations.

Ideal candidates have strong CVE history, top-tier CTF credentials, and publication records. Experience with security labs or academic groups and proficiency in languages like C/C++, Rust, Python, Go or Java is preferred.