Vulnerability Researcher - Global (All Levels) - AI Fearlessly

TrendAI; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Job summary

TrendAI is seeking a Senior/Staff vulnerability researcher to join its Zero Day Initiative team. You will analyze, reverse engineer, and exploit vulnerabilities, producing actionable intelligence for TrendAI products and security research publications.

The role involves collaboration with sales/marketing, speaking at conferences, and publishing white papers and blog content. We welcome candidates who can operate at Staff or Principal levels and who are committed to advancing AI security.

Qualifications

• TCP/IP and networking fundamentals
• Static and dynamic reverse engineering across multiple architectures
• Experience describing vulnerabilities and attack methods
• Ability to produce reliable exploits for a range of vulnerabilities

Responsibilities

• Research vulnerabilities across software products
• Reverse engineer protocols, file formats, and software
• Develop and verify proof-of-concept exploits
• Produce reports describing vulnerabilities and attack vectors
• Monitor publications and emerging threats in security
• Develop and improve automation tools for vulnerability research
• Collaborate with other researchers on analysis and reporting

Skills

C/C++

Python

Exploit Dev

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in CS or related field

Tools

IDA Pro

Ghidra

Binary Ninja

WinDbg

gdb

LLDB

Wireshark

Job description

TrendAI™, the global AI security leader and enterprise business unit of Trend Micro, empowers organizations with full AI visibility and consolidated security that inspires confidence, drives innovation, and eliminates risk. At TrendAI™ we’re always seeking exceptional talent; people who want to collaborate with the best and push boundaries together. Here, your work goes beyond building a career. You will help protect what matters and play a vital role in shaping a safer, more trustworthy AI-powered future. AI Fearlessly.

Location: This role can be based anywhere globally, with preferred locations in Canada, USA, Tel Aviv, or Australia.

Position Summary

TrendAI is seeking a Vulnerability Researcher to join our team of security researchers here in the Zero Day Initiative. The Zero Day Initiative is radically changing the enterprise security landscape with its unique brand of industry‑leading vulnerability research. The Vulnerability Researcher role will leverage the intelligence coming in from a globally distributed network of vulnerability researchers to deliver actionable guidance to the product teams inside of TrendAI. This role produces the intelligence that ensures that TrendAI products can detect and block zero‑day threats to an enterprise. It will also support the sales and marketing teams within TrendAI through the publication of research, white papers, and blogs that will be presented at top security conferences and tradeshows around the world. If you enjoy analyzing, finding and exploiting vulnerabilities, researching exploit techniques and mitigations, and building systems to streamline reverse engineering analysis tasks then we’d love to hear from you. We’re primarily seeking experienced Senior, Staff, and Principal‑level researchers. The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise and the ability to operate at a Staff level or above. We are also open to exceptional Senior Vulnerability Researchers who demonstrate the potential to grow into a Staff or Principal role.

Responsibilities

• Research newly discovered vulnerabilities in a wide range of software products
• Reverse engineer and research network protocols, file formats, and software
• Develop and verify proof‑of‑concept files and exploit code
• Produce reports describing software vulnerabilities and detection of attack vectors
• Monitor security industry publications, news groups and other online sources for newly discovered security vulnerabilities and emerging threats
• Implement new and improve existing tools to automate and streamline the vulnerability research process
• Collaborate with other vulnerability researchers on research, analysis and report production

Required Knowledge

• Functional understanding of TCP/IP protocol stack and higher‑level networking protocols (wire‑level protocols, RF communications, BGP, routing protocols, or others)
• Experience in static and dynamic reverse engineering binaries (x86, x64, ARM, PPC, MIPS, SPARC, 68k, or others)
• Knowledge in a variety of operating systems internals

Required Skills & Abilities

• Ability to analyze and describe vulnerabilities and attack methods
• Familiarity with tools such as IDA Pro, Ghidra, Binary Ninja, WinDbg, gdb, LLDB, and Wireshark
• At least two of C/C++, assembly language, Java, Python, and .NET
• Ability to produce reliable exploits for a wide range of vulnerabilities
• Understanding of exploit mitigations such as DEP and ASLR
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Reliable and dependable team player
• Great attention to detail and personal quality assurance
• Self‑directed, self‑motivated with the ability to work with minimal supervision
• Professional Designation/Certification: Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or a related field preferred but not required.

Professional Designation/Certification

Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or a related field preferred but not required.

Experience

Industry experience performing similar technical role preferred but not required.

Why Join TrendAI?

TrendAI is a leader in AI security. We not only delivered the first open‑weight, cybersecurity‑focused large language model, but also the industry’s first security companion agent evaluated directly by customers. Trend Vision One integrates endpoint, cloud, network, email, identity, AI application, and data security into a single, unified platform. In this role, you will partner with business leaders to design systems that can reason, learn, and protect—accelerating agility, speed of delivery, and data‑centric security. You will help transform cutting‑edge research into real‑world defense capabilities, protecting millions of users in the generative‑AI agent era and enabling enterprises to stay ahead of evolving threats.

What We Offer You

At TrendAI, what matters to you matters to us. We offer competitive pay with company performance‑based bonus, strong benefits for you and your family, and real opportunities to grow your skills across cutting‑edge technology. We’re big on work‑life balance, team connection, and building a culture that’s genuinely inclusive and collaborative. Benefits vary by candidate location, but we’re happy to share our benefits summary upon request. Be Passionate. Be Innovative. Be a Trender.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Trend Micro provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. Trend Micro does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy and childbirth or related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care leave status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

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