Senior Staff Security Researcher

reach management consultant pvt ltd; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Pet insurance

Identity theft protection

Legal services

Unlimited PTO

Sick time

Job summary

Reach Security is seeking a Senior Staff Security Researcher to translate research into product capabilities and expand Reach’s integration and control library, collaborating closely with Engineering to enhance security tooling.

The role emphasizes prioritizing new domains and remediation mechanisms, building reproducible research environments, and replicating attacker behavior to refine detection and prevention strategies. Equity and comprehensive benefits accompany a competitive package.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in information security and/or engineering
• 5+ years in offensive security, security research, red teaming, or vulnerability research
• Experience discovering, analyzing, or detecting sophisticated real-world attacks
• Strong software engineering skills to rapidly build research tooling and PoCs
• Deep curiosity and habit of experimenting with new AI systems
• Exceptional technical writing and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Engineering to translate research into product capabilities, continually expanding Reach’s integration and control library.
• Help prioritize new domain, product and control coverage and remediation mechanisms.
• Build reproducible research environments, tooling and sandboxes.
• Replicate malicious behavior to design detection and prevention strategies and collect evidence of attempted/detected/blocked attacks.

Skills

Experience in information security

Offensive security

Attack analysis

Software engineering skills

AI experimentation

Technical writing

Job description

About Reach Security:

Reach www.reach.security integrates with your existing security tools to identify blind spots across your defenses, prioritize fixes, automatically remediate misconfigurations, and continuously validate that your security posture remains strong

About the Role:

Reach Security seeking a skilled Senior Staff Security Researcher who will Work closely with Engineering to translate research into product capabilities, continually expanding Reach’s integration and control library. Help prioritize new domain, product and control coverage and remediation mechanisms.

In this role, you will:

• Work closely with Engineering to translate research into product capabilities, continually expanding Reach’s integration and control library.
• Help prioritize new domain, product and control coverage and remediation mechanisms.
• Build reproducible research environments, tooling and sandboxes.
• Replicate malicious behavior to design detection and prevention strategies and collect evidence of attempted/detected/blocked attacks.

Requirements and skills

• 10 + years of experience in Information Security and or Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in offensive security, security research, detection engineering, red teaming, or vulnerability research.
• Experience discovering, analyzing, or detecting sophisticated real-world attacks.
• Strong software engineering skills with the ability to rapidly build research tooling and proof-of-concepts.
• Deep curiosity and a habit of experimenting with new AI systems as they emerge.
• Exceptional technical writing and communication skills.

Working at Reach Security:

• Competitive salary, and equity package
• Comprehensive benefits package including:
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including plan options with company-paid employee coverage
• FSA, HSA, and 401(k) plans
• Company paid life insurance and disability coverage, along with buy up options
• Voluntary benefits including pet insurance, identify theft coverage, and legal services
• Unlimited PTO and sick time