Senior Security Researcher - Software Supply Chain

endorlabs; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Endor Labs is seeking a Senior Security Researcher to join our offensive security research efforts in software supply chain security. The role focuses on identifying zero-day vulnerabilities in software artifacts and CI/CD systems, analyzing attack trends, and shaping security capabilities in our products.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and exploit development, with a track record of publishing research at major security conferences.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in security research, vulnerability discovery, and offensive security.
• Deep expertise in reverse engineering, exploit development, and software vulnerability analysis.
• Strong understanding of software supply chain security, including package management systems, CI/CD pipelines, and dependency analysis.
• Experience discovering and responsibly disclosing zero-day vulnerabilities.
• Proven track record of publishing high-quality research or presenting at top security conferences (e.g., Black Hat, DEF CON, RSAC, BSides).

Responsibilities

• Conduct offensive security research on software supply chain threats, identifying and analyzing zero-day vulnerabilities.
• Develop and refine exploit techniques to understand modern attack vectors targeting software supply chain through malicious code, 3rd party libraries, and CI/CD systems.
• Work closely with Product Management to translate research findings into innovative security capabilities within Endor Labs' products.
• Publish research findings through technical blogs, white papers, and industry-leading security conferences.
• Collaborate with security engineers and developers to prototype and implement detection and mitigation strategies for emerging threats.
• Contribute to the security community by developing open-source tools, methodologies, or frameworks that enhance software supply chain security.
• Stay ahead of the latest threats, attacker methodologies, and evolving security trends to continuously refine our research efforts.

Skills

Security research

Vulnerability discovery

Reverse engineering

Exploit development

Python

Rust

Go

Technical communication

Tools

Python

Rust

Go

Job description

Endor Labs is seeking a Senior Security Researcher to join our offensive security research efforts in software supply chain security. The role focuses on identifying zero-day vulnerabilities in software artifacts and CI/CD systems, analyzing attack trends, and shaping security capabilities in our products.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and exploit development, with a track record of publishing research at major security conferences.