Reverse Engineer - Android

Trellix; Saint Paul (MN); A distancia; USD 110.000 - 160.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Retirement Plans

Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Support for Community Involvement

Descripción de la vacante

Trellix is seeking an Android Reverse Engineer for remote work in the United States. You will analyze Android apps and SDKs to uncover security risks, decompile code, and identify data leakage or malicious behavior.

This role requires hands-on reverse engineering and collaboration with researchers to drive secure app ecosystems. You will leverage tools like Jadx, Ghidra, Frida, IDA Pro and Burp to dissect code, assess threats, and contribute to threat intelligence in a fast-paced security

Formación

• Minimum 3–5+ years in Android development, reverse engineering, pentesting or app security assessments.
• Experience analyzing malicious apps or SDKs, and performing static/dynamic analysis.
• Proficiency with mobile languages such as Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, Flutter.

Responsabilidades

• Conduct in-depth analysis of Android apps and SDKs to identify security risks.
• Apply decompilation, disassembly, debugging to extract actionable insights.
• Identify data leakage, device risk and malicious code within apps and SDKs.
• Collaborate with researchers and developers to share findings and improve security.

Conocimientos

Android Development

Reverse Engineering

Pentesting

Application Security Assessments

CTF

Herramientas

Jadx

Ghidra

Frida

IDA Pro

Burp

Descripción del empleo

Remote United States

Full time

JR0038109

Job Title:

Reverse Engineer - Android

About Trellix

Trellix is a global cybersecurity leader helping organizations build cyber resilience for the AI era. Combining AI-native security, operational threat intelligence, and automated detection and response, Trellix provides defense-grade protection at machine speed across on-premises, air-gapped, operational technology, hybrid, and cloud environments. Trellix helps customers anticipate threats, scale effective security operations, maintain business continuity, and adapt their security posture for the modern threat landscape. Working with a broad partner ecosystem and global intelligence collaborators, Trellix helps strengthen the collective defense against cybercriminals and state-sponsored attacks. At Trellix, we empower professionals at all career stages to expand their technical expertise, lead strategic initiatives, and make a tangible global impact. Whether you are an industry pioneer or an emerging specialist, Trellix provides the tools and opportunities to enhance and expand your skill set. Join our mission to scale AI-driven cyber defense alongside an AI-accelerated threat landscape, and help build a safer, more resilient future. More at https://trellix.com .

Role Overview:

Android Reverse Engineer

In support of our global Android Reverse Engineering program, we seek highly skilled Android App and SDK Reverse Engineers to join our team. This role will involve analyzing and deconstructing Android applications and SDKs to identify potential security risks and gain insights into their underlying functionality. About The Role

Deep Dive Analysis: Conduct in-depth analysis of Android applications and SDKs to understand their codebase, architecture, functionality and to identify potential risks.

Reverse Engineering Techniques: Employ advanced reverse engineering techniques to extract information from various codebases, including decompilation, disassembly, and debugging.

Risk Identification: Identify user and device risk, data leakage, and malicious code execution within Android apps and SDKs.

Threat Intelligence: Gather, analyze and report threat intelligence related to Android malware, exploits, and emerging security trends.

Collaboration: Collaborate with security researchers, developers, and other stakeholders to share findings, provide recommendations, and contribute to the development of secure applications and ecosystem.

ABOUT YOU

We require a minimum of 3 - 5+ years of expertise in one or more of the following: Android Development, Reverse Engineering, Pentesting, Application Security Assessments, Capture the Flag (CTF).

Our Android Reverse Engineering Program also requires hands on experience with the following:

Analyzing, unpacking, and reverse engineering code of malicious applications or SDKs.

Static and Dynamic Analysis Techniques

Reverse Engineering tools such as Jadx, Ghidra, Frida, IDA Pro, Burp, to perform binary and APK analysis

Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, Flutter, and other mobile software languages

ELF (Native Binaries) reverse engineering

Development of signatures (SQL, Yara, etc.)

An understanding of the following topics will be greatly appreciated and utilized:

Android Fundamentals such as Android activity lifecycles, common Android API usage, AOSP, and how an Android application is created.

Techniques utilized by malicious applications to harm the user’s device or their data

Mobile App store policies (Ads, PHAs, Developer, etc.)

Network traffic analysis; security fundamentals

Research on threats such as APT using Open-Source Intelligence (Virus Total, Web, ExploitDB, MITRE, etc.)

Encoding and Cryptography

Authentication mechanisms and security

Device rooting

Complex frameworks and application packers

Company Benefits and Perks:

• Retirement Plans
• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Support for Community Involvement

We're serious about our commitment to a workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute to our industry-leading products and customer support, which is why we prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.