Senior Exploit Researcher - AI-Driven Cyber Defense Remote

CrowdStrike Inc.; Carson City (NV); Remote; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Compensation & equity program

Wellness programs

Generous vacation & holidays

Parental and adoption leave

Professional development opportunities

Employee networks and community groups

Vibrant office culture

Great Place to Work certified

Job summary

CrowdStrike Intelligence seeks a highly skilled security researcher to analyze in‑the‑wild exploits and track vulnerabilities across platforms. You will reverse engineer, write actionable intelligence, and collaborate with teams to improve exploit detection and mitigation.

The role emphasizes defensive research, writing, and effective communication with stakeholders, including briefings for customers as needed. Remote work with travel as required aligns with CrowdStrike’s distributed culture.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in exploitation techniques for userspace and kernel vulnerabilities.
• Knowledge of network service exploitation techniques.
• Solid understanding of at least two OS platforms, including Windows.

Responsibilities

• Implement tracking systems for cross‑team adversary tracking based on exploitation behavior.
• Improve capabilities for detecting exploits and malicious payloads.
• Identify opportunities to increase threat visibility using new data sources.
• Maintain detailed understanding of exploits through reverse engineering.
• Develop tools to automate exploit analysis tasks.
• Create classification framework for intrusion activity based on vulnerabilities.
• Contribute to active mitigation efforts with technical expertise.
• Develop host‑ and network‑based signatures for large‑scale hunting and prevention.

Skills

Exploitation techniques

Network exploits

Reverse engineering

Python

AI-assisted tooling

Technical writing

Communication

Education

MA/MS or equivalent in CS

Tools

Disassemblers

Decompilers

Debuggers

Snort signatures

YARA signatures

Job description

CrowdStrike Intelligence seeks a highly skilled security researcher to analyze in‑the‑wild exploits and track vulnerabilities across platforms. You will reverse engineer, write actionable intelligence, and collaborate with teams to improve exploit detection and mitigation.

The role emphasizes defensive research, writing, and effective communication with stakeholders, including briefings for customers as needed. Remote work with travel as required aligns with CrowdStrike’s distributed culture.