Founding Security Research Engineer

Crane Venture Partners; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

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Job summary

A technology venture firm is seeking a Founding Member of Technical Staff (Security) in San Francisco. In this hybrid role, you will lead security research and vulnerability testing on real-world software. Ideal candidates should have strong skills in web application vulnerabilities and prior experience in technical security presentations. The position offers a competitive salary range of $100,000 to $150,000 annually and provides flexibility for collaboration across various locations.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of reachability analysis and taint tracking.
• Good understanding of web application vulnerabilities.
• Experience with traditional and LLM tools for security research.

Responsibilities

• Scale vulnerability research on open-source software.
• Create benchmarks to evaluate agent performance.
• Work on improving the efficacy of security agents.
• Review and test products for security vulnerabilities.

Skills

Understanding of reachability analysis

Knowledge of web application vulnerabilities

Experience with CTF competitions

Presenting technical security research

Experience with LLM tools

Job description

A technology venture firm is seeking a Founding Member of Technical Staff (Security) in San Francisco. In this hybrid role, you will lead security research and vulnerability testing on real-world software. Ideal candidates should have strong skills in web application vulnerabilities and prior experience in technical security presentations. The position offers a competitive salary range of $100,000 to $150,000 annually and provides flexibility for collaboration across various locations.